Decolonizing as an Ever Beginning

Forthcoming in Fohim E. (Ed) Decolonizing Management and Organization Studies - Why, How and What, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds.

13 Pages Posted: 7 Nov 2024

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Diane-Laure Arjaliès

University of Western Ontario - Managerial Accounting and Control Area Group

Julie Bernard

Ivey Business School

Oana Branzei

Western University

Luciana Oranges Cezarino

Ca Foscari University of Venice - Department of Management

Leanne Cutcher

The University of Sydney

Luke Fiske

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Tauriq Jenkins

University of Cape Town (UCT)

Lara Liboni

Western University, Canada

Lucas Stocco

University of Sao Paulo

Gasodá Suruí

Independent

Date Written: September 20, 2024

Abstract

The decolonial agenda calls for bringing the colonized and colonizers together to restore the past and recommit to the future. This essay accounts for the experiences of four research teams co-travelling the space-time continuum with a quest at once simple and complicated: How do we begin decolonizing? Although each experience is unique and still unfolding, all four teams converged on a shared insight: decolonizing is a succession of new beginnings. As the river is never the same, each team’s encounters led to many new ways of seeing, being, and doing decolonizing. This essay invites us to begin again. Decolonizing as an ever beginning brings to the four intertwined aspects: 1) the land, 2) the body, 3) the ethics, and 4) the politics. Together, these continue to transform us profoundly and might offer some hope for new beginnings toward decolonizing the colonial legacy of our fields.

Keywords: Body, Decolonial beginnings, Ethics, Land, Politics

Suggested Citation

Arjaliès, Diane-Laure and Bernard, Julie and Branzei, Oana and Oranges Cezarino, Luciana and Cutcher, Leanne and Fiske, Luke and Jenkins, Tauriq and Liboni, Lara and Stocco, Lucas and Suruí, Gasodá, Decolonizing as an Ever Beginning (September 20, 2024). Forthcoming in Fohim E. (Ed) Decolonizing Management and Organization Studies - Why, How and What, Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4967598 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4967598

Diane-Laure Arjaliès (Contact Author)

University of Western Ontario - Managerial Accounting and Control Area Group ( email )

London, Ontario
Canada

HOME PAGE: http://www.ivey.uwo.ca/faculty/directory/diane-laure-arjalies/

Julie Bernard

Ivey Business School ( email )

Oana Branzei

Western University ( email )

Luciana Oranges Cezarino

Ca Foscari University of Venice - Department of Management ( email )

San Giobbe, Cannaregio 873
Venice, 30121
Italy

Leanne Cutcher

The University of Sydney ( email )

Luke Fiske

Erasmus University Rotterdam ( email )

Tauriq Jenkins

University of Cape Town (UCT) ( email )

Lara Liboni

Western University, Canada ( email )

Lucas Stocco

University of Sao Paulo ( email )

Gasodá Suruí

Independent ( email )

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