Agenda

19-20 February 2025

This workshop emphasizes decolonial and anti-colonial research principles, advocating for the recognition of diverse knowledge systems beyond the dominant Western epistemes. It seeks to dismantle colonial power dynamics and promote well-being among all life forms. By focusing on the foundations of decolonial thought and economic practices, the workshop aims to end the persistent impacts of coloniality. It addresses two key challenges in creating scholar/activist knowledge with indigenous, rural, and urban communities. First, it promotes participatory knowledge exchange methods by incorporating collective decision-making structures, such as community assemblies, and exploring collective auto-narratives as a research method. Second, it challenges the traditional practice of situating knowledge, advocating for collective positionalities that reflect self-construction within communal contexts. These approaches emphasize collective agency and resist "epistemicide," the erasure of non-dominant knowledge systems About Erin Araujo, she is a PhD, a geographer specializing in decolonial feminist and anarchist diverse economies. Originally from New York, USA. She has been living in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico since 2007. Erin is one of the founders and generators of El Cambalache, a moneyless micro-economy in San Cristobal de las Casas. She has published a number of articles and webinars as well as in-person and online workshops and gatherings. She is one of the founders of the Department of Decolonial Economics. Erin was a member of the editorial collective of the ACME Journal of Critical Geography between 2020-2022. She studies, practices and writes about moneyless economies and diverse epistemic persistence in the majority world of the Americas. Erin is currently working on a podcast called Memories of the Earth to recognize the importance and accessibility of oral history in the persistence of decolonial diverse economies throughout the Americas.

Free admission upon registration by 14 February.

Hosted by
Erin Araujo, she/her, Generator, Department of Decolonial Economics, El Cambalache (Chiapas, Mexico)

Organizes and introduces the works Eriselda Shkopi, Ca' Foscari and Western University, Canada

Moderated by
Caterina Borelli and Valentina Bonifacio, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

For those interested, on 19 February the programme will continue in the Digital Lab, DSU, 2nd floor, Malcanton Marcorà, with the event "Imágenes Encantadas: Chamanismo y Cine de la Amazonia" and the viewing of three short films in the presence of the director Siekopai Jimmi Piaguaje. Organized by Valentina Bonifacio.

For info contact:
eriselda.shkopi@unive.it
caterina.borelli@unive.it
valentina.bonifacio@unive.it

This project has received funding from the Horizon Europe Programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie action grant agreement No. 101066659