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Latest Posts
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From Transactional to Transformational Partnerships
A successful partnership thrives on equitable, transformational relationships that prioritize shared goals, trust, and communication, fostering empowerment and collaboration rather than mere transactional obligations in project execution.
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The Differences Between Localisation and Decolonisation
Shifting power in social impact involves localisation, which transfers resources to local actors, and decolonisation, which dismantles systemic inequities. Both aim for equity, yet approach it differently, encouraging collaborative practices.
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Risks in Applying Decolonial Approaches
A quick overview of four of the most common risks I’ve seen organisations face in their journey to apply a decolonial lens to their work. It includes four ideas to mitigate against these risks, so you can start your journey informed by some important preconditions, and ways to do the work meaningfully.
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Challenges of Seeding Space
Shifting power requires creating space for marginalized voices to lead, addressing entrenched dynamics, facilitating open communication, and embracing humility. It’s essential for fostering equitable practices within teams.
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Budget and Project Management Transparency
The post emphasizes the importance of transparency in resource allocation, decision-making, and roles, advocating for inclusive processes that reflect community needs to address power imbalances and enhance accountability.
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Decolonising Strategic Objective Setting
Decolonising organisational objectives involves inclusivity and participatory approaches, empowering local voices in decision-making. This ensures strategies reflect community needs and foster effective, sustainable initiatives.
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Checklist: How to Prevent Tokenism
This is a checklist of ideas to guide your work to prevent tokenistic practices and behaviours in your teams. It is by no means exhaustive, and does not include fundamentals like inclusive hiring, accessibility, and understanding what a diverse team looks like. It’s especially useful when you have a specific example of tokenistic practices from
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Hierarchies in Knowledge Production
The hierarchical structure prioritizing ‘Western’ knowledge in development undermines the value of traditional and indigenous systems. Embracing local knowledge fosters more effective, inclusive, and relevant development initiatives.
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Decolonising Knowledge Production
Decolonising knowledge production involves challenging Eurocentric dominance, centring local expertise, embracing diverse knowledge systems, and rethinking academic hierarchies to promote more inclusive and equitable development practices.
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Where is Knowledge? RADIQUAL and Epistemology
Let’s get one thing out of the way: within the conversations around decolonisation in our sector, people talk about ‘epistemic justice’ a lot. ‘Epistemology’ is simply an unnecessarily complex word meaning knowledge – so we’re talking about knowledge justice, location, and holders. That’s one of the key conversations to unpack because what constitutes knowledge relates