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Feb 5, 2026 17 min

S 04 Ep 06 Kelly

from Living decoloniality Hosted by Carla Vitantonio

¿Qué sucede cuando un sistema global como la cooperación internacional para el desarrollo, que se presenta como solidario y emancipador, en realidad reproduce las mismas lógicas de dominación que pretende superar? En este episodio conversamos con Kelly Saavedra Flores, investigadora peruana radicada entre Perú y España, sobre su trabajo en torno a la descolonización de la cooperación internacional. Kelly es autora de la Guía para la Descolonización de la Cooperación, desarrollada junto a Acápacá, una herramienta práctica y política que invita a repensar la cooperación como un acto de justicia, dignidad y reciprocidad. Reflexionamos juntas sobre cómo las perspectivas decoloniales pueden transformar las estructuras de poder del sistema, impulsando prácticas horizontales, equitativas y transformadoras, especialmente desde las organizaciones del Norte Global. ***** What happens when a global system like international development cooperation, designed to promote solidarity and emancipation, ends up reproducing the same power hierarchies it seeks to dismantle? In this episode, we talk with Kelly Saavedra Flores, a Peruvian researcher and activist based between Peru and Spain, about her work on decolonizing international cooperation. Kelly is the author of the Guide to the Decolonization of Cooperation, developed with Acápacá, a practical and political tool to rethink how cooperation can become an act of justice, dignity, and reciprocity. Together, we explore how decolonial perspectives invite organizations in the Global North to move beyond rhetoric: towards horizontal, equitable, and transformative practices that truly center the voices and knowledge of the Global South. Recursos/ Reference list: Decolonizando la Cooperación internacional. by Kelly Saavedra and Acápacá Social Work Education’s Cultural Hegemony by Gurid Aga Askeland and Malcolm Payne. Descolonización y despatriarcalización de y desde los feminismos de Abya Yala by ACSUR The nine roles that intermediaries can play in international cooperation byPeace Direct Colonial Difference, Geopolitics of Knowledge, and Global Coloniality in the Modern/Colonial Capitalist World-System by Ramón Grosfoguel TRANSCRIPT

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