Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South - CC BY-SA 4.0 - Open Access

This online research and educational resource has over 650 individuals, and numerous First Peoples websites, see for instance, First Nations Websites, Educational Resources, Institutes and News online .There are three sections to nearly every author in this site which has 25 clusters of thinkers: Browse Collections . Within each collection are numerous authors. Their work are gathered under primary works, secondary works, which can be edited volumes, co-edited works and academics writing about the author's work and concept or it can be an engagement with a specific idea, which is also part of the authors work, and extra resources. This third section, extra resources include podcasts, lectures, conversations, discussion with or about the thinker, and blogs and websites for example.

This incomplete archive of thinkers and practitioners, networks and resources, has been researched and curated by Dr Liz Dean with research assistants who came on board at different times when small funds enabled this: Prue Rutter, Jo Daffy, Connor Brett, Pavit Bakshi and Chabel Din Khan and Ary Hermawan, who created the digital 'cluster-of-thinkers' (with Unimelb's digital studio internship program under the guidance of Dr Mar Quiroga, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform (MDAP). Dr Mar Quiroga, MDAP designed this Omeka site and translated the clusters of thinkers to this site with meticulous care, generosity and knowledge. I am indebted.

This work in progress began in 2021 to respond to discussions within and outside of universities about decolonising education, colonialism in the present, and becoming more open to First Peoples knowledges and knowledges from the global south in teaching and learning and also from listening to student led and First Nations questions which included: 'why is our curriculum (still) so white'. To address, in part, epistemic injustices of such occlusion, this site brings together transnational scholars and knowledges and has been researched and created for subject coordinators and students use in research, assessments, seminars and curricula renewal. It sought to make more readily available First Peoples thought and practice, decolonial and global south thinkers and knowledges.

The site is not an exhaustive list of scholars, their works and knowledges. The focus is more on the area I am located, now called Australia, while also seeking to include an array of regions from the global south. Limitation of this site include its privileging english language, which means there will always be absences. There is also a contribution button made available for omissions, and people engaging with this site are invited to add the 'missing people'.

Thanks also to the authors who spent time sending their photos and granting permissions for use.

Regards

Liz