Decolonising the history of science curriculum

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• Mary Brazelton, Simon Schaffer, Charu Singh and Richard Staley (University of Cambridge)
• Thursday 17 January 2019, 13:00-14:00
• Seminar Room 2, Department of History and Philosophy of Science.

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Together with a notorious #ScienceMustFall video circulating on social media, #RhodesMustFall and Fees Must Fall protests in the University of Cape Town of 2015–16 have helped inspire a widespread movement calling for the decolonisation of education. What does this mean for science and the history of science? What should it mean for the curriculum and our courses? Here we discuss questions raised by the colonial history of science and the possibility of decolonisation, considering aims, strategies and experiences gained in teaching the history of science in Cambridge and elsewhere.

This talk is part of the Twentieth Century Think Tank series.

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