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Eur03b


Co-creation as decolonization work II 
Convenors:
Catherina Wilson (Radboud University)
Mirjam de Bruijn (Leiden University)
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Format:
Panel
Stream:
African researchers in the European academic system
Location:
Room 1228
Sessions:
Thursday 9 June, -
Time zone: Europe/Berlin

Short Abstract:

Co-creation in scientific knowledge production with African colleagues from within and outside the university is easier said than done. It is presented as a way to escape inequality relations based on colonial heritages. This panel compares different forms of co-creation as decolonization work.

Long Abstract:

Knowledge production through fieldwork is molded in Western epistemologies. Its rules and ethics follow specific standards that are not applicable to all settings. Within the decolonization debate, co-creation is a leeway. Co-creation is the collaborative development of new value (concepts, solutions) between knowledge creators from academia, artists, and others; and from different university environments. Within the ‘open source’ movement, co-creation is collaborative innovation.

Co-creation entrains African and European scientists, or artists, in a joint de-colonizing process of knowledge production. Digital environments that enable constant exchange over long distances and new forms of multi-modal research and publication facilitate co-creation.

However, in how far is co-creation a form of ‘decolonization work’? In other words, a process (action) that entails an ongoing reflection on hierarchies in knowledge production?

This panel focuses on the relationship between African and European knowledge producers/creators. We invite panelists to discuss their experiences with co-creation. We are interested in practices and forms of co-creation, in rules that are followed or subverted, and in solutions to ethical issues. Does co-creation develop epistemologies and lead to new ontologies?

Co-creation ties into the wave of intersectional decolonization. However, we are equally wary of the ways in which this debate increasingly runs the risk of radicalizing, and instead of opening science for other epistemologies, ends up blocking the discussion and creates more oppositions. How do we get past this blockade so that we can further decolonize and shed light on those practices that need yet to be decolonized? What form(s) of co-creation ‘work-s’?

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Thursday 9 June, 2022, -