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Apologies for cross-postings... Dear all, With this year's RGS-IBG Annual Conference a couple of weeks away, list members may be interested in the following publications and workshop, which focus on the conference theme, 'Decolonising Geographical Knowledges'. Please do feel free to forward to your networks! 1) Publications in Area on 'Decolonising Geographical Knowledges' All of the publications below are currently free to access, and can be found in the most recent issue of the journal: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/area.2017.49.issue-3/issuetoc a) Special section on Decolonising Geographical Knowledge in a Colonised and Re-colonising Postcolonial World, Guest-Edited by Pat Noxolo, with papers by Vandana Desai, Divya Tolia-Kelly, Andrew Baldwin and Adam Eilliott-Cooper. b) A commentary on the RGS-IBG Annual Conference theme: "The 2017 RGS-IBG chair's theme: decolonising geographical knowledges, or reproducing coloniality?<http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/area.12371/full>" Authored by James Esson, Pat Noxolo, Richard Baxter, Patricia Daley and Margaret Byron. 2) Workshop at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference, co-sponsored and co-convened by the RACE Working Group of the RGS-IBG and Area, and to which all conference delegates are very welcome. Title: Decolonising institutional arrangements: insights from the arts, education, and policy Date/time: Thursday 31st August, 14:40-18:30 (two linked sessions) Location: RGS-IBG Education Centre Session abstract (full details here: http://conference.rgs.org/AC2017/203): As noted by Achille Mbembe, contemporary calls to decolonise society are underpinned by two distinct approaches. The first, as exemplified by the 2017 RGS-IBG Annual Conference, seeks to critique the production and promotion of knowledge based on European traditions and experiences. The second approach, which is less common, attempts to envisage what an alternative to the Eurocentric intellectual model could look like and, crucially, demands that decolonising efforts go beyond critique and towards the removal of all ongoing forms of colonial domination. Both endeavours are worthwhile, however this session contributes to the decolonising project by way of the second approach. We aim to expose and begin addressing how forms of violence and ‘microagressions’ experienced by Indigenous, marginalised and racially oppressed groups are both normalized and officially sanctioned by institutional arrangements, such as the RGS-IBG conference, which reproduce coloniality. In Session 1, drawing on insights from academics, artists, activists, policy makers and practitioners, we seek to divert academic attention away from the preoccupation with knowledge production and towards a deeper engagement with the lived realities of colonial legacies in a range of UK based institutional settings, spaces and fields. By so doing, we aim to unsettle those within and beyond the discipline that currently benefit from the privileges of coloniality by reminding us of what is truly at stake in calls to decolonise society, namely, the dismantling of oppressive structures that serve to dehumanise indigenous and non-white populations. In Session 2, which consists of an interactive workshop, we will conceptualise, articulate and put forward decolonial agendas for change across a range of institutional domains. Best wishes, Peter Professor Peter Kraftl Chair in Human Geography & Director of Internationalisation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham Honorary Professor, School of Education, RMIT Contact details: PA: Louise Collins - [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom Telephone: 0044 (0)121 4145524 Homepage: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/kraftl-peter.aspx Twitter: @peterkraftl Editor, Area: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-4762 Current ESRC/FAPESP/Newton Research on young people and the food/water/energy nexus in Brazil: http://www.foodwaterenergynexus.com/<https://mail.bham.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?REF=zB_XngXizJ9DtIE1p2V-2f7cA4kFNLaovTg20aHCONYJt1kPnmTTCAFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZvb2R3YXRlcmVuZXJneW5leHVzLmNvbS8.>