The Power Shift: Decolonising Development
The Power Shift: Decolonising Development podcast brings together activists, practitioners and thinkers to join a wide-ranging conversation on decolonisation, where they share ideas and identify tools for practical action. If you’d like to know more about decolonising development – and what it means in practice, or you would love to change the way you do your work in the development sector, then this is the right place.
Episodes
45 episodes
Unpacking how identity manifests in racialised bodies through feminist approaches. Kenza Ben Azouz interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we interview Kenza Ben Azouz, gender expert trained in feminist research and anthropology from Tunisia, and the newest addition to the Dev Hub team. Kenza tells us about feminist culture of care and the importance of res...
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Episode 44
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33:56
Community-centred approach to humanitarian work. Rachel Kiddell-Monroe interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Rachel Kiddell-Monroe, founder of the SeeChange initiative, which seeks to take a stand in the humanitarian sector and centre communities in a decolonised approach.Rachel tells us about taking a communi...
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Episode 43
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47:26
Oral traditions and collective healing through language and culture. Tija Andriamananjara interviewed.
In this week’s episode, Tija speaks to us about oral traditions, reparative justice, the violence of colonisation, and how that generates intergenerational harms. We talk about the erasure of culture, the loss of language, and the role of story...
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Episode 42
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33:12
Decolonisation as a systemic approach. Silvester Kasozi interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we speak to Silvester Kasozi from Light for the World Uganda about the systemic approach they have implemented to decolonise the way they work.Silvester speaks about the importance of involving all departments of ...
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Episode 41
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43:22
Addressing violence against women through community-grounded research. Dr Romina Istratii interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Dr Romina Istratii, who tells us about the DLDL project, which takes an interdisciplinary approach to looking at domestic violence and religious communities.We speak about co-created research which then...
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Episode 40
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55:07
Building trust and flexible partnerships driven by local actors. Shilpa Alva interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Shilpa Alva about Surge for Water’s model of partnership with community led organisations to address the global water crisis. Shilpa speaks about the importance of building trust and elevating the voice of com...
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Episode 39
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32:58
Putting Africa-centric development into practice. Leslie Mudimu interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Leslie Mudimu, a participant from Cohort 2 of our Skill Share Programme on Decolonising Development. We discuss what Afrocentric development could look like, and how decolonisation and localisation is perceive...
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Episode 38
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22:40
Operationalising equitable compensation through principles of fairness and transparency. Kim Kucinskas and Ishbel McWha-Hermann interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we speak to Kim Kucinskas and Dr. Ishbel McWha-Hermann about equity in compensation and fair reward in international development organisations. We talk about the Equitable Compensation Playbook, which organisations can u...
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Episode 37
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50:53
Enacting an individual and collective Pledge for Change. Kate Moger and Sidhee Patel interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Kate Moger and Sidhee Patel from Adeso’s Pledge for Change initiative. The three pledges focus on equitable partnerships, authentic storytelling, and influencing wider change. The Pledge consists of a communit...
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Episode 36
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28:34
Co-design, care and solidarity in social impact research projects. Jess Oddy interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Jessica Oddy, founder and director of Design for Social Impact Lab (DFSI) about applying an equity-centred intersectional lens to social impact projects. We talk about the importance of co-design centred aroun...
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Episode 35
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37:04
Ubuntu and African Humanist Leadership approaches. Faye Ekong interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Faye Ekong about management approaches to leadership which are rooted in African experience. Faye tells us about the absence of African approaches represented in mainstream management and leadership.Fa...
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Episode 34
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35:08
Circular cooperation, dignity, and listening: reframing international aid. Jonathan Glennie interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Jonathan Glennie, co-founder of Global Nation, about the insufficiency of global aid as a response to current global affairs.Jonathan introduces the idea of ‘global public investment’ in order to addres...
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Episode 33
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36:04
Donor-funded development research: ethics and epistemic violence. Yacine Ait Larbi interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we speak to Yacine Ait Larbi about the critique he and Sarah Edgcumbe present in a two-part blog on paid-for development research. They outline the comp...
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Episode 32
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43:04
Driving organisational change starts with conversations. Ajoy Datta interviewed.
In this week’s episode, Ajoy Datta talks to us about organisational change, leadership development, and policy, advocacy and influencing. Ajoy tells us about promoting change within an organisation with a focus on difference and diversity. He f...
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Episode 31
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33:20
Reimagining the role of the INGO through community building and shared learning. Nancy Kankam Kusi (WACSI) interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we speak to Nancy Kankam Kusi from West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI) about their focus on advocacy, influencing, and facilitating an enabling environ...
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Season 1
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Episode 30
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25:36
Insights from feminist organising for decolonisation initiatives. Alba Murcia and Kate Bird in conversation.
In this week’s episode, Alba Murcia and Kate Bird (The Development Hub) explore the findings from their research paper on feminist organising and decolonial initiatives. We t...
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Season 1
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Episode 29
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15:58
Reflecting on personal journeys and lessons learned at The Development Hub. Nompilo Ndlovu and Kate Bird in conversation.
In this week’s episode, Nompilo Ndlovu and Kate Bird, co-conveners of The Development Hub’s Skill Share Programme, reflect on their journeys so far within The Development Hub. We discu...
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Season 1
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Episode 28
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27:44
Decolonising consultancy: building a rooted network of ethical values-driven consultants. Kate Newman (INTRAC) interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Kate Newman, INTRAC CEO, about the organisation’s shift in order to respond to the changes happening in the international development sector. She talks of realising that rather than exclusively responding to e...
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Season 1
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Episode 27
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44:51
Decoloniality as a way of being, and why language matters. Allan Moolman interviewed.
In this week’s episode, we talk to Allan Moolman, a South Africa-based staff member of a leading INGO, who tells us about his organisation's development of a decolonial partnership strategy. We focus on the power relations present in language, ...
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Episode 26
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42:32
Tackling extreme poverty through locally led development at BRAC. Asif Saleh interviewed.
In this week’s episode, Asif Saleh speaks about BRAC as an INGO based in Bangladesh, which delves into understanding the underlying structural causes of poverty. Their work has focused on addressing the most pressing issues in a way that genera...
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Episode 25
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43:24
Disrupting colonial legacies through reparations and community healing. Edgar Villanueva interviewed.
In this week’s episode, Edgar Villanueva tells us about his book Decolonising Wealth, which was written in an effort to disrupt the flow of capital and to liberate resources for marginalised c...
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Episode 24
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40:02
Participatory grant-making & co-leadership at ADD International. Fredrick Ouko and Mary Ann Clements interviewed.
In this week’s episode, Fredrick Ouko and Mary Ann Clements discuss ADD International’s organisational structure, especially their roles as co-CEOs and how representation matters. They tell us about modelling t...
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Episode 23
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51:05
USAID’s localization agenda: money, power and partnerships. Sarah Rose interviewed.
In this week’s episode, Sarah Rose introduces us to USAID’s approach to localisation as one of the biggest funding partners amongst bilateral donors. Sara...
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Episode 22
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36:30
Systems change in the philanthropy sector. Heather Grady & Tanya Beer interviewed.
In this week’s episode, Heather Grady from Rockefeller Philanthropic Advisors (RPA) and Tanya Beer...
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Episode 21
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37:01
Africa Rising: strong Africa-based Think Tanks with an Africa-centric development agenda. Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi interviewed.
In this week’s episode, Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi from African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) de-centres the focus on racism and colonialism, and instead brings attention to the range of power dynami...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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44:54