Decolonization Training Reflections by Faryal Iqbal

Read instructions below

owndrumfaryal — 2023-11-06 13:03:40 UTC

Green Branch

owndrumfaryal — 2023-11-06 13:04:22 UTC

Yellow Branch

owndrumfaryal — 2023-11-06 13:04:42 UTC

Please write about three things on the three Post-Its: One new thing you have learned, one thing you have un-learned, and one learning that was reinforced as a result of the training. Then stick the three Post-Its in the three respective branches of the Bodhi tree.

owndrumfaryal — 2023-11-06 13:13:03 UTC

Purple Branch

owndrumfaryal — 2023-11-06 13:16:34 UTC

To question things - whose knowledge, whose truth, whose voice?

2023-11-09 14:28:18 UTC

To not compare development to western standards

2023-11-09 14:29:05 UTC

That in my position of privilege it's okay to acknowledge it and still participate rather than just be silent

2023-11-09 14:29:24 UTC

Identify my biases

2023-11-09 14:29:51 UTC

That there is only one, correct (Western) way of doing research

2023-11-09 14:29:51 UTC

2023-11-09 14:30:16 UTC

I am more concious now

2023-11-09 14:30:24 UTC

Some challenges faced by the team seem to be universal for people based in LMICS

The incredible expertise, voices, experiences of Lifebox's global team and how we can dialogue to an even better version of where we are now

2023-11-09 14:30:35 UTC

2023-11-09 14:30:48 UTC

That I must thrive to see things from different perspectives

To be more cognizant of behaviour.

2023-11-09 14:30:54 UTC

Environment shapes us unconsciously in more ways than we think.

2023-11-09 14:31:04 UTC

Our very unique strength as an organisation is our diversity and our amazing team

2023-11-09 14:31:04 UTC

Speak up against practices that reflect colonization.

2023-11-09 14:31:24 UTC

That the 'western science' supremacy shuts out the validity of other knowledge and learning

2023-11-09 14:31:37 UTC

2023-11-09 14:31:39 UTC

The feeling of being left out

The art of epistemic humility

2023-11-09 14:32:05 UTC

To interrogate issues

2023-11-09 14:32:08 UTC

Speak up if you see practices that are wrong

2023-11-09 14:32:31 UTC

2023-11-09 14:32:50 UTC

Global organizations are great sources of knowledge

Giving preference to Global North thinking but rather to celebrate to the voices and expertise of the Global South

2023-11-09 14:33:01 UTC

Universal concepts do not mean the same to different people

2023-11-09 14:33:08 UTC

Assumed shared understanding

2023-11-09 14:33:29 UTC