E052 Ali Meghji: Histories of sociology and decolonising education

Ali joined us to discuss how sociology was formally institutionalised in the West during the height of imperialism. We also break down a few of our concerns about the current decolonising moment in British universities. Useful links - Bhambra: post colonialism https://globalsocialtheory.org/topics/postcolonialism/ Connell: decolonising sociology: http://www.raewynconnell.net/2018/07/decolonising-sociology.html Go: postcolonial thought and social theory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4RmaYRt6pM&t=4338s https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/symb.398