How much do Western ways of producing knowledge still shape global sustainability policies?

Current global crises, particularly the ecological emergency, reveal the limitations of dominant approaches rooted in Western-influenced modernity. Frameworks such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UNESCO’s concept of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) have global influence – but do they leave enough space for Indigenous knowledge systems and perspectives from the Global South?

Addressing global crisis and identifying constructive pathways for further development requires engagement with alternative or complementary knowledge systems.

Join this online Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Wednesday, 24 June (12:00–14:00 CEST), to explore how Indigenous concepts and epistemologies of the Global South can be meaningfully integrated into global policy frameworks.

Highlights:

• Keynote: Charles Chikunda (coordinator for ESD and Global Citizenship Education at UNESCO Harare)

• Video input: Elizabeth Sumida Huaman (Professor of Comparative and International Development Education at University of Minnesota)

• Perspectives from India (Dustin Lalkulhpuia), Brazil (Marckjones Santana Gomes), Finland (Korinna Korsström-Magga) and Kenya (Gideon Kimani)

• Policy response: Julia Heiss (Chief of Section for Education for Sustainable Development at UNESCO)

Moderation by members of the ICRRA Repository Committee, Vanesa Menéndez Montero and Kathrin Schmidt.

The workshop is organised by the ICRRA Repository Committee, which seeks to rethink how knowledge is produced, shared and made accessible.

Registration possible via email at dialogundforschung@ifa.de.