Forum Insight
Opening Remark
Every society produces its own unique conception of existence. We are born into this conception; when we open our eyes to the world, we find ourselves in an environment whose language, values, habits,...
๐ Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
๐ Boฤaziรงi University
๐ Center for Islamic Studies (ISAM)
๐ Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM)
๐ Institute of the Global South (IGS)
๐ Institute Social
๐ International Islamic University Malaysia
๐ Iqbal Centre for Critical Muslim Studies - University of Leeds
๐ NรN Foundation for Education and Culture
๐ Research Center on the Circulation of Knowledge (CECIC)
๐ Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies
๐ Shanghai University
๐ South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS)
๐ The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLASCO)
๐ Turkish Maarif Foundation
๐ Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia
๐ Boฤaziรงi University
๐ Center for Islamic Studies (ISAM)
๐ Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM)
๐ Institute of the Global South (IGS)
๐ Institute Social
๐ International Islamic University Malaysia
๐ Iqbal Centre for Critical Muslim Studies - University of Leeds
๐ NรN Foundation for Education and Culture
๐ Research Center on the Circulation of Knowledge (CECIC)
๐ Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies
๐ Shanghai University
๐ South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS)
๐ The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLASCO)
๐ Turkish Maarif Foundation
๐ Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia
๐ Al Jazeera Centre for Studies
๐ Boฤaziรงi University
๐ Center for Islamic Studies (ISAM)
๐ Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM)
๐ Institute of the Global South (IGS)
๐ Institute Social
๐ International Islamic University Malaysia
๐ Iqbal Centre for Critical Muslim Studies - University of Leeds
๐ NรN Foundation for Education and Culture
๐ Research Center on the Circulation of Knowledge (CECIC)
๐ Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies
๐ Shanghai University
๐ South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS)
๐ The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLASCO)
๐ Turkish Maarif Foundation
๐ Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia
๐ Boฤaziรงi University
๐ Center for Islamic Studies (ISAM)
๐ Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM)
๐ Institute of the Global South (IGS)
๐ Institute Social
๐ International Islamic University Malaysia
๐ Iqbal Centre for Critical Muslim Studies - University of Leeds
๐ NรN Foundation for Education and Culture
๐ Research Center on the Circulation of Knowledge (CECIC)
๐ Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Oriental Studies
๐ Shanghai University
๐ South-South Exchange Programme for Research on the History of Development (SEPHIS)
๐ The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLASCO)
๐ Turkish Maarif Foundation
๐ Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia
Highlights
Forum Insight
Follow the latest discussions, session highlights, and reflections emerging throughout the World Decolonization Forum 2026. Insights brings together timely updates and key conversations on knowledge production, memory, technology, politics, and cultural representation taking shape across the forum.
Forum Insight
Istanbul Perspective: A Call for Decolonial Consensus
Istanbul Perspective: A Call for Decolonial Consensus We have reached the conclusion of our two-day forum, which has served as a home to diverse, invaluable, and productive discussions. As you have wi...
Forum Insight
โMore Than One Storyโ: World Decolonization Forum
The second and final day of the World Decolonization Forum, hosted by Institute Social and NรN Foundation for Education and Culture in partnership with 13 partner institutions from nine countries, has...
Forum Insight
World Decolonization Forum: Decolonial Perspectives on Media And Communication
The second day of the World Decolonization Forum opened in Istanbul, bringing together thinkers, social scientists, academics, educators, and experts from intellectual traditions spanning South Americ...
Forum Insight
World Decolonization Forum: Disentangling Colonial Codes from the Circulation of Knowledge
Thinkers, social scientists, academics, educators, and experts from intellectual traditions spanning South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe convened in Istanbul on 11 May for the World Decolonization...
Forum Insight
World Decolonization Forum Concludes Its First Day in Istanbul
Thinkers, social scientists, academics, educators, and experts from intellectual traditions spanning South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe convened in Istanbul on 11 May for the World Decolonization...
Forum Insight
World Decolonization Forum: An Istanbul Perspective on Decolonization
Thinkers, social scientists, academics, educators, and experts from intellectual traditions spanning South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe convened in Istanbul on 11 May for the World Decolonization...
Global Crises and the
Call for Decolonization
Decolonization refers to the process of undoing colonization, where a colonised nation gains political, social, and cultural independence from the coloniser. It involves dismantling the imposed systems, structures, and ideologies of colonial powers, and restoring the autonomy, identity, and heritage of indigenous or previously oppressed groups.
Insights
Opinion Pieces
We are living through a period of deep global transformation, shaped by political rivalries, the climate crisis, and the rise of artificial intelligence and data infrastructures. In this section, we bring together writings by scholars and activists who examine contemporary issues from a decolonial perspective within the framework of the World Decolonization Forum.
Decolonization in Education- II
01ฤฐpek Coลkun Armaฤan
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Afro-Cultural Futures In The Age Of Artificial Intelligence And Hyper Techno-Colonial Modernity
02Last Moyo
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Coloniality and the Making of the Modern Knowledge Order
03Walter Mignolo
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Decolonization in Education- I
04ฤฐpek Coลkun Armaฤan
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๐ Adeel Malik
๐ Adrian Harewood
๐ Ahmet Ayhan รitil
๐ Ann Pettifor
๐ Anne Norton
๐ Cemil Aydฤฑn
๐ Claudio Costa Pinheiro
๐ Ebrahim Patel
๐ Fatoumata Hane
๐ Guo Changgang
๐ Halil Berktay
๐ Hatem Bazian
๐ Houria Bouteldja
๐ Joseph Massad
๐ Khairudin Aljunied
๐ Last Moyo
๐ Mahjoob Zweiri
๐ Mahmoud Alhirthani
๐ Mireille Fanon Mendรจs-France
๐ Munir Fasheh
๐ Mรผrteza Bedir
๐ Nadia Abu-Zahra
๐ Pablo A. Vammaro
๐ Recep ลentรผrk
๐ Salman Sayyid
๐ Siba NโZatioula Grovogui
๐ Sushrut Jadhav
๐ Syed Farid Alatas
๐ Tullio Scovazzi
๐ Walter Mignolo
๐ Yakoob Ahmad
Adeel Malik
Adrian Harewood
Ahmet Ayhan รitil
Ann Pettifor
Anne Norton
Cemil Aydฤฑn
Claudio Costa Pinheiro
Ebrahim Patel
Fatoumata Hane
Guo Changgang
Halil Berktay
Hatem Bazian
Houria Bouteldja
Joseph Massad
Khairudin Aljunied
Last Moyo
Mahjoob Zweiri
Mahmoud Alhirthani
Mireille Fanon Mendรจs-France
Munir Fasheh
Mรผrteza Bedir
Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM) Representative
Nadia Abu-Zahra
Pablo A. Vammaro
Recep ลentรผrk
Salman Sayyid
Siba NโZatioula Grovogui
Sushrut Jadhav
Syed Farid Alatas
Tullio Scovazzi
Walter Mignolo
Yakoob Ahmad
Speakers
Forum Speakers
Keynote Speakers are leading scholars and practitioners who set the Forum's intellectual direction by delivering agenda-setting talks on decolonization and epistemic justice.
Highlights
News
The World Decolonization Forum examines how colonial structures continue to reshape and legitimize themselves through contemporary global developments. In this section, we approach current crises, conflicts, and debates through a decolonial perspective.
Bulletin
May 2026 Decolonization Bulletin
The World Decolonization Forum, "Institutional Representatives And Perspectives: Why Are Institutions Aligning Around Decolonization?" on 11-12 May at the Atatรผrk Cultural Centre PALESTINE FILE Settle...
Decolonial Lens
Artificial Intelligence And A New Global Linguistic Hierarchy
Recent months have seen an increase in policy and industry responses to multilingual AI through developments like UNESCOโs Global Roadmap for Multilingualism in the Digital Era and the February 2026 I...
Forum Update
โDecolonize Film Daysโ Meets Audiences Through Stories of Colonialism, Resistance, and Collective Memory
As part of the side events for the World Decolonization Forum 2026, the Decolonize Film Days will be held at the Istanbul Atlas Cinema on May 13โ14, 2026. Featuring a two-day program of 11 films scree...
Bulletin
16-22 April 2026 Decolonial Agenda
The โDoor of No Returnโ arch was newly built at a common departure point for trans-Atlantic trafficking, in Ouidah, Benin. PALESTINE FILE Israeli ministers celebrate reestablishment of settlement in W...
Bulletin
8 - 15 April Decolonial Agenda
A photo from April 1971 shows John Todd, center, administrator of the island of Diego Garcia, telling residents that they will be deported because the island had been sold. (Marco Longari / AFP/Getty...
Bulletin
March 2026 Decolonization Bulletin
This photo provided by Will Hemsley shows a statue of Christopher Columbus being lowered into place at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Sunday, March 22, 2026. (Will Hemsley via...
Decolonial Lens
Belgium Moves to Prosecute Lumumba Assassination Case
Sixty-five years after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba who is the first democratically elected prime minister of an independent Congo and a central figure in anti-colonial struggle, a Belgian cou...
Decolonial Lens
Resculpting the Past: Statues, Memory, and Power
Debates over Britainโs confrontation with its colonial past have been reignited around the statue of Robert Clive in London, one of the founders of British colonial rule in India through the British E...