Power imbalances persist in research, prioritising the experience and knowledge of those with social, political, and economic power while silencing or misrepresenting others. This dynamic—which is intensified in global health due to its focus on vulnerable groups—perpetuates false assumptions about the silenced groups, inevitably ending in harms like inefficient and unjust resource allocation. Increasingly, the […]
Abstract Photovoice researchers must avoid an ahistorical application of the method by critically examining the implementation and dissemination of photovoice projects. Recognizing that photovoice is not automatically empowering and that dismantling power dynamics is an ongoing struggle requiring constant vigilance to ethical, methodological, and representational issues, I propose an anticolonial framework for photovoice, drawing on […]
Abstract Underrepresentation and lack of inclusion of Global South researchers have been key shortcomings in global health publications. This has contributed to epistemic injustice in global health and impacted evidence informed policymaking. PLOS Global Public Health (GPH)was launched in 2021 with the goal of charting a new path towards equity, diversity and inclusion in global […]
Climate change intensifies existing inequities, disproportionately impacting marginalised populations, particularly in the Global South and Indigenous communities. This is maintained through inequitable global climate governance, policies and solutions. The paper argues that climate coloniality, the complex entanglements of colonial legacies with contemporary climate and ecological changes, operates through systemic knowledge-based marginalisation or epistemic injustice, serving […]
Abstract In response to the transnational Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and decolonising agendas, the UK and Irish development sectors are re-evaluating their approaches to race and racism. These racial justice imperatives have renewed longstanding criticisms of problematic representations of African impoverishment in development communications. Despite attempts to incorporate African community perspectives and offer more […]
Abstract Colonialism has produced the global health system, and decoloniality must inform global health law. This article considers the foundational impact of colonialism on the global health system and advocates for adopting decoloniality as a crucial framework to reshape global health law. Through a historical lens, it examines how European colonialism established power dynamics and […]
Abstract This paper argues for rethinking the shortcomings of historical decolonisation, commonly opposed to more ambitious decolonial goals. By addressing significant cases of European radical ‘allies’ of anticolonial movements in the years of African and Caribbean independences, this work proposes new geographies of decolonisation based on the study of transnational and multilingual circuits of committed […]
INTRODUCTION ‘It is vital that Indigenous researchers are recognised and duly acknowledged, and that the research being published is culturally appropriate’ (Professor Donald Warne, Oglala Lakota, International Adviser, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2021). Background In health research publication, it is difficult to distinguish authors who self-identify as Indigenous peoples, for example, as First Nations, Aboriginal, […]
Abstract Background Indigenous academics have advocated for the use and validity of Indigenous methodologies and methods to centre Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing in research. Yarning is the most reported Indigenous method used in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander qualitative health research. Despite this, there has been no critical analysis of how Yarning […]
This paper promotes reflexive consideration of health research practices using a decolonisation lens. We propose both incremental and more radical action in five domains: knowledge production, funding and programmes, dissemination, uptake, and education and training. We suggest four steps towards transformation and share a reflexive tool to operationalise these steps. Tagoe, N., Abimbola, S., Bilardi, […]