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Decolonizing "Community" in Community Psychology.

Urmitapa Dutta1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA.

American Journal of Community Psychology
|November 28, 2018
PubMed
Summary

This study explores decolonizing community psychology education to challenge colonial knowledge production. It offers pedagogical strategies to foster nonhierarchical, social justice-oriented teaching practices.

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Area of Science:

  • Community Psychology
  • Decolonial Theory
  • Social Justice Education

Background:

  • Dominant knowledge production in community psychology often reflects coloniality.
  • Decolonial frameworks offer pathways to advance the critical social justice agenda.
  • Coloniality is embedded in how "communities" are theorized, researched, and taught.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To disrupt hierarchical knowledge production in community psychology.
  • To explore nonhierarchical epistemic possibilities in teaching.
  • To decolonize the construct of community in the field.

Main Methods:

  • Drawing upon decolonial frameworks and critical theories.
  • Analyzing student responses to classroom interventions through vignettes.
Keywords:
ColonialityCommunity psychologyCritical pedagogyDecolonialityDecolonizingWhiteness

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  • Interpreting classroom dynamics from a decolonial perspective.

    • Main Results:

    • Colonial discourses of community can be produced and maintained within the classroom.
    • Student responses reveal complexities in dismantling "community-as-Other" notions.
    • Decolonial perspectives highlight the persistence of coloniality in educational settings.

    Conclusions:

    • Pedagogical and curricular recommendations are proposed for decolonizing community psychology.
    • Advancing decolonial and liberatory praxis requires ongoing critical reflection.
    • Decolonizing the concept of community is crucial for social justice in the field.