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South-South dialogues: situated perspectives in decolonial epistemologies</h3>
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According to Boaventura de Sousa Santos “a massive epistemicide has been under way for the past five centuries, whereby an immense wealth of cognitive experiences has been wasted”. One of the ubiquitous legacies of colonialism is that there now exists a dominant
intellectual tradition that is based upon an “abstract universalism grounding Western-centric general theories”. This global cognitive injustice, contends Sousa Santos, must be addressed through “an intercultural dialogue and translation among different critical
knowledges and practices: South-centric and North-centric, popular and scientific religious and secular, female and male, urban and rural…” (Epistemologies of the South: Justice against epistemicide, 2014)</p>
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The aim of this symposium is to bring together researchers, scholars and intellectuals who are actively engaged in developing critical thinking situated in the South. The focus therefore of this symposium is to open a space and a conversation with traditional
and contemporary critical thinking in Australia and Latin America in order to find pathways toward developing decolonial epistemologies and practices from a Southern perspective. Some of the questions that may be addressed are: What does it mean to view and
understand the world from the South? How can South knowledges engage with each other? Are there commonalities and contrasts in South critical perspectives? How are South critical knowledges situated within and in contrast to overbearing, ubiquitous Western
universalist critical traditions?</p>
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We encourage submissions exploring any of the following themes:</p>
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Epistemologies of the South or Alternative epistemologies?</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px none; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://uq.edu.au/templates/web/images/bullet.gif); background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; background-position: 0px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">
Critical interculturality</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px none; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://uq.edu.au/templates/web/images/bullet.gif); background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; background-position: 0px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">
Decolonial studies</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px none; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://uq.edu.au/templates/web/images/bullet.gif); background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; background-position: 0px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">
Indigenous knowledges</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px none; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://uq.edu.au/templates/web/images/bullet.gif); background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; background-position: 0px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">
Intellectual histories</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; border: 0px none; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: url(http://uq.edu.au/templates/web/images/bullet.gif); background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; line-height: 20px; background-position: 0px 7px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;">
Literary studies</li></ul>
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We are happy to consider other topics which engage with themes of South – South dialogues.</p>
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We welcome proposals for standard paper presentations (20 minutes) and for thematic panels comprising three presenters. Proposals should include an abstract in English of no more than 250 words, 3 – 4 keywords, the speaker's full name, title, contact details,
institutional affiliation as well as a short biography of no more than 150 words. Panel submissions should include a short description of the panel theme in addition to abstracts and speakers' details. Paper presentations may be made in English, Spanish or
Portuguese.</p>
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All submissions should be emailed to <a href="mailto:southsouthdialogues@uq.edu.au" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px none; outline-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(35, 119, 203);">southsouthdialogues@uq.edu.au</a> by
the 4th of September 2015. Acceptances will be notified by the 4th of October 2015.</p>
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The convenors are actively negotiating a special issue of a journal on the symposium theme. Presenters are invited to submit a written version of their paper by the 4th of November 2015. Submission of a manuscript does not guarantee inclusion in the special
issue: a limited number of articles will be selected through a rigorous peer review process.</p>
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