Decolonizing Europe - by Patrícia Ferraz de Matos & Livio Sansone (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Revived by the global resonance of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, this book adds to the current discussion on the idea of decolonizing Europe. Drawing inspiration from the study of colonialism, postcolonialism and the imperative to decolonize knowledge and practice, the editors bring together a group of scholars approaching these issues through ethnographic inquiry. The volume explores how race, colonial legacies and structural inequality are addressed across diverse European contexts - north, central, eastern and southern - as well as in their entanglements with regions beyond Europe. It offers critical, grounded insights into the possibilities and challenges of decolonial thinking today.

Review Quotes

"This is a very important contribution for those dedicated to decolonial studies... one of the highlights of the book is the diversity of experiences and context examined by researchers of various nationalities and academic, institutional and professional backgrounds." - Fatima Cecchetto, National School of Public Health of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

About the Author

Livio Sansone is Professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Bahia. He is the head of the Factory of Ideas Programme - an advanced international course in ethnic and African studies - and coordinates the Digital Museum of African and Afro-Brazilian Heritage. His most recent books are La Galassia Lombroso, l'Africa e l'America Latina (Laterza, 2022), Field Station Bahia: Brazil in the Work of Lorenzo Dow Turner, E. Franklin Frazier and Frances and Melville Herskovits, 1935-1967 (Brill, 2022).