Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies: Decolonizing development and anthropology

Duration

2022-2027

Lead institutions

KU Leuven

University of the Philippines Baguio , University of Cape Town , Arba Minch University , Universidade Eduardo Mondlane

Academic partners

Ann Cassiman

Leah Abayao , Susan Levine , Kaleb Kassa Tadele , Esmeralda Mariano

Project status

Ongoing

Programme

ICP Connect

Total budget

499,801.50

Summary

Together with the departments of anthropology of Arba Minch University, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, the University of Cape Town and the University of the Philippines Baguio, the 1-year advanced Master programme in Cultural Anthropology and Development Studies at KU Leuven (hereafter, CADES) proposes an ICP Connect Project that wants to contribute to the decolonization of development paradigms – and ultimately to sustainable and equitable development – through an educational and partnership programme centred on World Anthropologies and decolonized approaches. As such, our project argues that sustainable and equitable development can only be achieved through the decolonization of development paradigms; the latter can be seen as providing both the goal and the pathways of change that can lead to sustainable development and social and ecological justice.