Dear Global Research Community,
Have you ever worked with the concept of Decolonial Intersectionality (Salem, 2014; Kurtiş & Adams, 2016; Mollett, 2017)? Do you happen to know other scholars who sought to explore the relationship between black feminist approaches like Intersectionality and decolonize and postcolonial perspectives? I do indeed believe that Decolonial Intersectionality could be developed into a fruitful concept that analyzes the interlocking forms of oppression as well as structural discrimination and intersectional disparities in the postcolonial era that are embedded in epistemic violence and heteronormative structures (for e.g. racialized, ableist, cis-normative and colonial assumptions) leading to various forms of social injustice and social exclusion of many marginalized groups.
I would be glad to hear your critical thoughts and to get some literature suggestions as I am currently working on this complex topic for my PhD research project.
Thank you so much in advance for your critical thoughts!
An interesting chapter is “Postcolonial Intersectionality and the Colonial Present Radcliffe” in Sarah A. (2015), Dilemmas of Difference: Indigenous Women and the Limits of Postcolonial Development Policy, Duke University Press.
I second professor Hussein. I'd also suggest looking at critiques of white women's cooptation of intersectionality by Brittney Cooper. Her new book Eloquent Rage addresses this.
From the Latin American Academy that seeks global analysis taking advantage of the opportunity that a platform like this allows us. I comment that from Latin America, and in general, from the colonized and non-colonizing nations, there is a vision, immanently intersectional, structural or holistic.
For example, Maldonado-Torres, Nelson, “Enrique Dussel's Liberation Thought in the Decolonial Turn”. And Grosfoguel, R. "Decolonizing Post-Colonial Studies and Paradigms of Political-Economy: Transmodernity, Decolonial Thinking, and Global Coloniality."
Kimberlé Crenshaw elaborates the concept in a brilliant way. Her book "On Intersectionality" is recommended.
In Latin America, CEPAL has been publishing some pieces, take a look at Dr. Lais Abramo publications.
Also I have to recover some other references in African Universities looking at the appointments and notes from some events I have been participating in related to decolonizing. You will probably find some references at Peace Direct Website and also maybe Dr. Marisa O. Ensor (from Georgetown University) Robel Afeworki Abay
Hi
Perhaps you would like to look at a recent publication with Prof. Harms-Smith that draws on feminist and womanist voices in decolonial thinking. Looking forward to your PhD.
All the best
Hello, I believe Sylvia Tamale's book Decolonization and Afro-Feminism (2021) is a must-read for your research. Martina
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