The term ‘colourism’ was coined by Alice Walker in 1982. Walker used the term to refer to forms of light-skin... read more
The ‘premature deindustrialization’ thesis advanced by economist Dani Rodrik (2016), de-centres former sites of Fordist manufacturing in the Global North... read more
Over the last decade or so, the term racial neoliberalism has been used in an effort to determine the relationship... read more
It is thought that the term ‘racial capitalism’ was first used in a pamphlet published by the anti-Apartheid movement in... read more
Indigenous research ethics is a collective and diverse set of responses to the way in which research has historically been,... read more
The longstanding neglect of colonialism in mainstream criminology has resulted in ahistorical and decontextualised accounts of crime and criminal justice... read more
The term ‘hip hop feminism’ is associated with performances of feminism within hip hop culture, but also with feminist texts... read more
Satnam Virdee’s (pictured) ‘racialized outsider’ thesis seeks to ‘stretch’ , in the Fanonian sense, Marxist accounts of capitalism and class,... read more
Feminist methodologies and epistemologies have not only expanded but also redefined the parameters of the social sciences. These provide a... read more
True reproductive freedom requires a living wage, universal health care, and the abolition of prisons. Black women see the police... read more
Decolonial speculative fiction and fantasy is a sub-genre of SFF that emerged in the late 1960s alongside decolonial movements across... read more
The new materialisms are a range of contemporary perspectives in the arts, humanities and social sciences that have in common... read more
Critical race theory refers to a broad social scientific approach to the study of race, racism, and society. Kimberlé Crenshaw... read more
Racial formation was coined by sociologists Michael Omi and Howard Winant in the first edition of their book Racial Formation... read more
In the social sciences, materialism signifies a preoccupation with materiality and material processes, and how these contribute to forming the... read more
A very large segment of Shari’ati’s work is concerned with Marxism, thought in the ‘loosest sense’ (Connell 2007: 128) of... read more
The coloniality of gender builds upon the coloniality of power, as developed by leading theorists in the decoloniality group, Aníbal... read more
Attempts to create a ‘postcolonial sociology’ are likely to fail to the extent that it remains purely academic and without... read more
Postmodernism is a late twentieth century intellectual and artistic movement that is associated with a range of conflicting interpretations. No... read more
This post highlights recent articles that seek to understand the Greek debt crisis in global perspective. If you have suggestions... read more
Neoliberalism defies a singular definition, in large part because of its broad application across a variety of disciplines, and as... read more
The concept of Zapatismo emerges from the continuing resistance of the Zapatistas (predominantly Indigenous Ch’ol, Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Tojolobal, Mam, and... read more
The idea of border imperialism was put forward by South Asian organizer, activist, and author Harsha Walia. Border imperialism calls attention not... read more
Migration can be seen as a collective movement produced by individual trajectories. This movement modifies the environment in which those... read more
Postcolonial theology and Liberation theology share an essential raison d’etre: to deconstruct the oppressive nature of the monolith of religious... read more
The notion of diaspora is not new; it was used in the classical period in relation to Jewish populations. The... read more
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The history of human rights in modernity is characterised by the existence of two momentous and long-standing streams: One that... read more
‘Unlike the history of Western (white, middle-class) feminism, which has been explored in great detail over the last few decades,... read more
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The Anthropocene is a proposed geologic epoch that redescribes humanity as a significant or even dominant geophysical force. The concept... read more
Postcolonial Studies emerged as an academic field in the wake of the publication of Edward W. Said’s ground-breaking book, Orientalism.... read more
The research collective on Decoloniality, organised by Walter Mignolo and Arturo Escobar, brings together scholars of Latin American / European... read more