Transitional Justice Institute: Public Lectures and Events

Author: Ulster University

A podcast series from the Transitional Justice Institute (TJI) at Ulster University in Northern Ireland, sharing our public lectures and events from key scholars and practitioners. The TJI is a world-leading research institute investigating themes of conflict, transitional justice, human rights, gender and international law. Learn more about our research, public events, taught postgraduate programmes (LLM Human Rights Law and Transitional Justice; LLM Gender, Conflict and Human Rights) and our PhD community at www.transitionaljustice.ulster.ac.uk.
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Avoiding the Colonial Trap: Reflections on the Politics of Knowledge
Episode 5
Sunday, 21 May, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has made historical and contemporary colonial relationships between and within States more salient. This situation is also apparent within the research process itself, adding a new dimension to pre-existing debates on positionality and the politics of knowledge production. With reference to a research project focusing on colonial legacy and Transitional Justice in Colombia, this seminar –conducted by Claire Wright– offers a series of reflections on the ways in which the pandemic has affected research inequalities between the Global North and Global South. To conclude, we look at what COVID-19 can teach us in terms of opportunities to decolonise our research.