The Global Development Research Division will host the third workshop of this academic year on the 12th of February between 13:00 and 14:30. This workshop focuses on how history has shaped development and how the field has evolved since it’s inception. To join us please contact Division Lead Alex Arnall.<\/p>\n
Between unfreedoms: a historical study of caste and indentured labour<\/strong><\/p>\n Neha Hui <\/strong><\/p>\n Policies on modern day slavery and unfreedom can benefit from historical analysis of various unfreedoms that existed in the past. In this presentation I will share some insights from an ongoing research on colonial unfree labour in the form of indentured work and reflect on how historical research can benefit research in global development.<\/p>\n What do we teach when we teach ‘development’? <\/strong><\/p>\n Jo Davies<\/strong><\/p>\n Development studies has faced increasing calls to \u2018\u2026move beyond its complicity with Western knowledge and power\u2019. Do development studies programmes challenge current structural inequalities or reinforce them? I am engaging in research grounded in a dialogic learning approach; challenging the closed nature of the space in which curriculum design operates. My goal is open dialogue in a way that engages with the knowledge, voices and priorities of all stakeholders and begins to address the historical and political drivers of knowledge hierarchies.<\/p>\n