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Weakening the institutional wall. Reflections on race, gender and decolonization in Belgian academy Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This article wants to contribute to the emerging debate on decolonisation in Belgian universities by sketching the challenges posed by critical decolonial analyses and how these affect both academic institutions and the individuals working within them. In a first section, I provide an overview of the main critiques formulated by post-colonial, feminist and critical race theorists on issues of difference and diversity in the academy. Starting ...
The historical layers of decolonization in South Africa : from the Khoisan to ‘#RhodesMustFall’ and back again Ghent University
Recent years have seen an upsurge in demands for the ‘decolonization’ of South Africa. The (inter)national focus has been on the ongoing student protests to decolonize the university which received global attention with the ‘#RhodesMustFall’ campaign that successfully got rid of the statue of colonialist Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town in April 2015. In general, discussions on decolonization usually center on the manifold injustices ...
Maternal colonization with Staphylococcus aureus and Group B streptococcus is associated with colonization in newborns Institute of Tropical Medicine
Objectives: Although Staphylococcus aureus and Group B streptococcus (GBS) are major causes of neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa, it is unclear how these bacteria are transmitted to the neonate.
Methods: In a cohort of 377 Gambian women and their newborns, nasopharyngeal swabs were collected at delivery (day 0), and 3, 6, 14 and 28 days later. Breast milk samples and vaginal swabs were collected from the mother. Staphylococcus ...
The Decolonization of Belgian Society KU Leuven
Economic decolonization and strategies of Belgian business after Congolese independence (1960-1978) Ghent University
This article investigates the strategies Belgian colonial business pursued in the Congo, after independence in 1960. Building on recent strands in postcolonial and business history, the essay understands economic decolonization as a global financial and economic event focusing on business strategies and global ramifications that have hitherto been neglected in research. At the same time, Belgian business maintained its dominance in the Congolese ...
Disruptive accountability? Temporal regimes and social change in decolonization struggles in Belgium Ghent University
To address the legacies of colonialism, several former colonial states have implemented a range of initiatives commonly considered to belong to the domain of transitional justice (TJ). These contexts are, however, very different from those for which TJ was initially conceptualized. As such, the implementation of elements from the TJ toolbox in these decolonization struggles raises several questions, which this article seeks to address. One of ...