The Peoples' Institute for Re-thinking Education and Development

Bartleby, The Scrivener

A Wall Street lawyer hires a new clerk who, after an initial bout of hard work, refuses to make copies or do any other task required of him, refusing with the words "I would prefer not to."

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Library - Articles

Letter from Chief Seattle

A Native American Chief sharing their relationship with nature.

Decolonising English Studies: Attaining Swaraj

A powerful Valedictory Address on decolonizing ourselves.

TEDx-itis

Some symptoms of TEDxitis -- the disease of watching too many TED talks.

#BLM Musings

The entire modern education system has been a colonizing exercise.

Ecoversities Gathering in Portugal

Stories from our first Ecoversities Gathering in August 2015 in Tamera, Portugal.

Declaration of Decolonizing Education (draft for comments)

I can no longer accept a narrative of education, which teaches me that my village grandmother was illiterate, primitive, backward, stupid, uneducated, underdeveloped, uncivilized and not capable of managing her own affairs.