Decolonial Subversions

Decolonial Subversions is a decentralised, multilingual, peer-reviewed publishing platform to decolonise knowledge production, legitimisation and dissemination, launched on 30 March 2020. The platform was established by the Founding Editors, Dr Romina Istratii and Dr Monika Hirmer, and has grown to include an international team of academics, activists and practitioners spread over 12 countries, all motivated by the vision to practically and collaboratively contribute to a fairer and radically decolonial knowledge landscape. The platform operates under fundamental principles outlined in its Manifesto (http://decolonialsubversions.org/manifesto.html). In its commitment to overcoming material and normative barriers that perpetuate the hegemony of western epistemology and other asymmetries in knowledge production, the platform publishes audio, visual and written content in the mother tongue of the contributors, in addition to English, stipulates that contributors substantially reference non-western authors, foregoes west-centric style prescriptions, and is published open access without charging fees. In addition, it encourages an open peer-review process, ensures that submissions are reviewed by at least one non-western reviewer, and commits to a revolutionary rotational editorship involving partners in non-Anglophone parts of the world. Academia.edu: Decolonial Suubversions Twitter handle: @_decolonise YouTube account: @decolonialsubversions