31 min

Episode 1 (Part 1) – Coloniality, Peace & Conflict – An introduction with Manuela Boatca Confronting Hierarchies: A Podcast on Decoloniality, Peace, and Conflict

    • Social Sciences

In Episode 1, part 1 of our podcast, we focus on coloniality and knowledge production with Manuela Boatca - Professor of Sociology and Head of the Global Studies Programme at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Manuela has published widely on world-systems analysis, decolonial perspectives on global inequalities, gender and citizenship in modernity/coloniality, and the geopolitics of knowledge in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Her co-authored book, with Anca Parvulescu, titled “Creolizing the Modern. Transylvania Across Empires” was published last year. It has received different international awards and will be available not only in English, but soon also in German, and Romanian.



Links:

Marx & Engels (1848): Manifesto of the Communist Party

Communist Manifesto - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (rosalux.de)

Migration, slavery and colonialism as the underside of modernity – Enrique Dussel (1998): The Underside of Modernity

332.2002_ingl.pdf (enriquedussel.com)



Credits:

The episode was moderated by Abdul Karim Ibrahim  from the institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.

We also want to thank our team behind the scenes for the collaboration and contributions. We want to thank Abdul Karim Ibrahim for the introduction to this episode, Aurelio Cossar for the illustration of the cover and Harry and Tom Parfitt for the Jingle. It was inspired by Sheriff Ghale’s piece called “Nni Yeli”. 

For the preparation and recording of the podcast, we want to thank Miriam Bartelmann and Harry Parfitt. Furthermore we want to express our gratitude for the assistance on this podcast to Nora Wolf.

The equipment was provided by the media center of the University library in Freiburg, while Florian Laurösch from Radio Dreyeckland postproduced the podcast - thank you for the help and collaboration.

In Episode 1, part 1 of our podcast, we focus on coloniality and knowledge production with Manuela Boatca - Professor of Sociology and Head of the Global Studies Programme at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Manuela has published widely on world-systems analysis, decolonial perspectives on global inequalities, gender and citizenship in modernity/coloniality, and the geopolitics of knowledge in Eastern Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Her co-authored book, with Anca Parvulescu, titled “Creolizing the Modern. Transylvania Across Empires” was published last year. It has received different international awards and will be available not only in English, but soon also in German, and Romanian.



Links:

Marx & Engels (1848): Manifesto of the Communist Party

Communist Manifesto - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (rosalux.de)

Migration, slavery and colonialism as the underside of modernity – Enrique Dussel (1998): The Underside of Modernity

332.2002_ingl.pdf (enriquedussel.com)



Credits:

The episode was moderated by Abdul Karim Ibrahim  from the institute of African Studies, University of Ghana.

We also want to thank our team behind the scenes for the collaboration and contributions. We want to thank Abdul Karim Ibrahim for the introduction to this episode, Aurelio Cossar for the illustration of the cover and Harry and Tom Parfitt for the Jingle. It was inspired by Sheriff Ghale’s piece called “Nni Yeli”. 

For the preparation and recording of the podcast, we want to thank Miriam Bartelmann and Harry Parfitt. Furthermore we want to express our gratitude for the assistance on this podcast to Nora Wolf.

The equipment was provided by the media center of the University library in Freiburg, while Florian Laurösch from Radio Dreyeckland postproduced the podcast - thank you for the help and collaboration.

31 min