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Decolonising UK Earth Science pedagogy - from the hidden histories of our geological institutions to inclusive curricula

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Dr Munira Raji Raji-Idowu

Professor Trevor Burnard

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Dr Nicholas Evans N.J.Evans@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Diaspora History & Deputy Director of the Wilberforce Institute

Decolonising UK Earth Science (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
Williams, R., Mills, K., & Lawrence, A. (2024). Decolonising UK Earth Science

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Rebecca Williams, Keely Mills and Anya Lawrence reflect on the recent Decolonising UK Earth Science workshop and how examining our past can shape the future of geoscience.

Geology Uprooted! Decolonising the Curriculum for Geologists (2022)
Journal Article
Rogers, S. L., Dowey, N., Lau, L., Sheikh, H., & Williams, R. (2022). Geology Uprooted! Decolonising the Curriculum for Geologists. Geoscience Communication, 5(3), 189–204. https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2021-35

Geology is colonial. It has a colonial past and a colonial present. Most of the knowledge that we accept as the modern discipline of geology was founded during the height of the post-1700 European empire's colonial expansion. Knowledge is not neutral... Read More about Geology Uprooted! Decolonising the Curriculum for Geologists.