The Making of the Modern World: studying revolutions and liberating knowledge. by https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak Pilot seminar teaching and learning resource for week 7 of the SO52002A 'Making of the Modern World' module. This is designed to accompany the supplementary interactive reading list 'Decolonising the Modern World' https://learn.gold.ac.uk/mod/aspirelists/view.php?id=573671. Scroll down each noticeboard and add your comments, questions and links to resources. en-us 2018-11-11 16:48:21 UTC 2026-02-26 03:59:32 UTC hello@padlet.com 'British Empire is still being whitewashed by the school curriculum – historian on why this must change.' a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303006161 Do you agree? Why might it be important that UK school pupils learn multiple perspectives on the history of the British Empire?

]]> 2018-11-11 16:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303006161 "Decolonising the curriculum: it's in the detail, not just in the definition" a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303008067 by Kasturi Behari-Leak et al. 2017

]]> 2018-11-11 17:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303008067 'What “decolonised education” should and shouldn’t mean' a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303008209 by Brenda Wingfield (2017)]]> 2018-11-11 17:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303008209 Key Reading a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303011171 Bhambra, G. K. (2015). On the Haitian Revolution and the Society of Equals. Theory, Culture & Society, 32(7–8), 267–274. ]]> 2018-11-11 17:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303011171 Seminar discussion questions a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303011550
  • How can the study of revolutions contribute to an understanding of historical change?
  • Are explanations of change that focus on revolutionary events incompatible with explanations of change that focus on slow, long-term processes? Can the two types of explanation be combined?
  • What are the main differences between social and political revolutions?
    • ]]>     2018-11-11 17:27:05 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303011550     'Decolonising the curriculum: what’s all the fuss about?' a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303012530 by Dr Sabarathnam]]> 2018-11-11 17:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303012530 'Decolonising Social Thought and Contemporary Social Discourse: the diversification and globalisation of sociology' a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303012839 by Ashley Masing]]> 2018-11-11 17:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303012839 State of Sociology: Gurminder Bhambra a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303013424 One of several blog posts on the website for the academic journal Sociological Review in which academics post their reflections on the state of the discipline. ]]> 2018-11-11 17:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303013424 The Haitian Revolution - Documentary a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303015408 PBS documentary titled: Egalite for All: Toussaint Louverture & The Haitian Revolution ]]> 2018-11-11 17:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303015408 An introduction to C L R James's The Black Jacobins a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303015880 British Library introductory study guide by Rachel Douglas]]> 2018-11-11 17:52:52 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303015880 Heroines of the Haitian Revolution: Tales of Victory and Valour a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303021138 by Christine Ru Pert-em Hru]]> 2018-11-11 18:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303021138 Essay Question a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303021763 For what reasons do revolutions occur?]]> 2018-11-11 18:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303021763 Decolonising Epistemologies a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303022698 2018-11-11 18:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303022698 Decolonising the University a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303022840 (2018) Edited by Gurminder K. Bhambra, Dalia Gebrial, Kerem Nişancıoğlu]]> 2018-11-11 18:33:34 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303022840 Are SOAS students right to ‘decolonise’ their minds from western philosophers? a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303024156 by Kenan Malik (2017)]]> 2018-11-11 18:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303024156 Castaway: Stuart Hall in his own words a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303024823 "The minorities are just on the edge of feeling that they’ve stopped being people from somewhere else, who didn't have anything intrinsic to do with English or British history.  They're just on the edge of feeling, we have been a part of this story from the beginning. . . The teaching of history in schools has to go back and reread the history of empire, not as some sort of dangling appendage out there which you can or can not know about, but as something which is absolutely deep at the heart of English identity."]]> 2018-11-11 18:46:05 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303024823 What does it mean for Rhodes to fall? a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303025242 by Dalia Gebrial]]> 2018-11-11 18:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303025242 Is Decolonizing the New Black? a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303026867 by Sista Resista (2018)]]> 2018-11-11 18:59:56 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303026867 Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature, by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1986) a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303027903 Decolonising the Mind is a collection of essays about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity. The book, which advocates for linguistic decolonization, is one of Ngũgĩ’s best-known and most-cited non-fiction publications, helping to cement him as a pre-eminent voice theorizing the “language debate” in post-colonial studies.]]> 2018-11-11 19:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303027903 'How colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war' a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303039205 By Pankaj Mishra (2018)]]> 2018-11-11 20:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303039205 a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303180161 2018-11-12 10:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303180161 Gurminder Bhambra Blog a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303230788 2018-11-12 13:12:39 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303230788 The presidential election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303301749 2018-11-12 15:18:24 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303301749 a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303304512 In Week 7 seminar students brought up the example of Brazil's state transformation under President Bolsonaro - how might we understand the events that led up to this in terms of 'political revolution' and/or 'coercive state apparatus'?

    ]]>     2018-11-12 15:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303304512     The Fight For Ukraine: Last Days of the Revolution (2014) Vice News a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303306585 [Note: Contains graphic scenes of violence]]]> 2018-11-12 15:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303306585 Britain's Private Shame Event a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303404361 In a post-Brexit world, how should we treat the legacy of the British Empire?

    Join us for an uncensored look at Britain’s colonial past, as we question why so much of history stays hidden, and whether the truth of these histories should lead to shame, reflection and reparations – or instil pride and inspiration.

    This is an evening of debate not to be missed, with activist & MC Lowkey, journalist David Goodhart, DrGurminder Bhambra, journalist Remi Adekoya and chaired by writer Zahra Dalilah.

    ]]>     2018-11-12 18:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303404361     'The racist ideas of slave owners are still with us today' a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303412141 Catherine Hall (2016)]]> 2018-11-12 18:31:29 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/303412141 ‘Where do we fit in?’ Black and Asian British History on the Curriculum a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/304352833 Institute of Historical Research,  04 Dec 2018, 18:00 to 04 Dec 2018, 20:45 ]]> 2018-11-14 15:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/304352833 Diversifying Our Curriculum at Goldsmiths a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/341869784 Film by Goldsmiths Student Union]]> 2019-03-15 17:39:50 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/341869784 Liberate our Library a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/352597184 Goldsmiths]]> 2019-04-18 15:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/352597184 Global Social Theory a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/354101960 Gurminda Bambra, key author for this week's reading, has compiled a useful open educational resource featuring global concepts, thinkers and topics with essential readings highlighted throughout. The website content is also made available with a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. https://globalsocialtheory.org/

    ]]>     2019-04-25 13:41:13 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/354101960     a_corble https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/368999910 2019-06-24 20:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/a_corble/cf5bejtqudak/wish/368999910