Sumários
What’s Wrong with Development? Post- Colonialism, Post- Development, and the Decolonisation of Development
13 Novembro 2025, 13:00 • Thomas Gerhard Erich Muhr
Post-development emerged as a critique of the idea of development in the postcolonial context and rose to prominence in the 1980s/1990s within the context of the ‘cultural turn’ in the social sciences more generally. Rather than looking for alternative development, post-development looks for alternatives to development, rejecting the entire modernist idea of development. Embedded in a discussion of post-structuralism, post-colonialism and post-development, this session familiarised students with the recent shift from post-colonialism to decolonisation of global development. Structured around the differentiation of (de)colonisation and (de)coloniality, the session explored the potential of the decolonial school of thought to bridge the divisions between the materialist and cultural paradigms towards understanding and acting upon the world.
Student Seminar Presentations
7 Novembro 2025, 14:30 • Luís Mah
Presentations of the works by Daron Acemoglu et al as well as Matt Andrews.
Student Seminar Presentations
7 Novembro 2025, 11:00 • Luís Mah
Presentations of the works by Daron Acemoglu et al as well as Matt Andrews.
Beyond Good Governance? Development Policy, Power and Politics
6 Novembro 2025, 13:00 • Luís Mah
Discussion and reflection on the politics of development.
Beyond Good Governance? Development Policy, Power and Politics
6 Novembro 2025, 09:30 • Luís Mah
Discussion and reflection on the politics of development.