Other Knowledges Are Possible: FOC Dialogue on Engaged and Creative Research

Location
Furcolo Hall
Start Date
End Date

Hosted by the Office of Faculty Development in collaboration with UMass Faculty Diversity 

This in-person event invites Faculty of Color to a dialogue about engaged and creative work. The purpose of the dialogue is to learn new insights from invited faculty to expand definitions of excellent research in order to further institutional visibility and support for FOC invested in engaged and creative research.

“The title of this series is inspired by Boaventura de Sousa Santos' writings on decolonizing the university and the imperatives of cognitive justice,” says facilitator Laura Valdiviezo. “As someone interested in epistemologies from the South and the validation of other ways of knowing and being in the world, I believe the series is just a small but important step towards expanding institutional understanding and recognition of what constitutes excellent research and its contribution to a better world.”

Facilitator: Laura A. Valdiviezo, OFD Chancellor’s Leadership Fellow, Professor of Education

This Nov. 12 session is an in-person event. A remote session of "Other Knowledges Are Possible" will be held via Zoom on December 1.