10.05.2012 Second Asia-Europe Forum on Methods and Perspectives of Risk Analysis (8-10 Nov 2012): Call for Paper

We welcome papers concerned with (i) the technical evaluation of risk and strategies and (ii) the official communication and management of risk. The final day of the conference will focus entirely on the risk environment in Hong Kong.

Those interested in making a presentation should please send an email with the proposed title, together with an abstract (ca. 200 words) and short bio (ca. 50 words) to hkaics@cityu.edu.hk by 15 June, 2012.

19.04.2012 Interview with Professor Walter MIGNOLO (Part II)

. . . the concept of the communal requires, like many other concepts, to be clearly defined so that it is not confused with and appropriated by what is known as Western ideas of  “the common good" or "the common wealth” and of the “commons”: The first is liberal, the second Marxist. The communal is neither liberal nor Marxist, but decolonial. The communal is a way to advance one of the legacies of the Bandung Conference: neither capitalism nor communism, but decoloniality.

13.04.2012Global Coloniality in the “Asian Century”, 7-8 June 2012

One of the most enduring myths of the 20th century is that the dissolution of colonial administrations has resulted in decolonization on a global scale. This belief has led to yet another myth—that of a “postcolonial world” ...