Global Forum on Decoloniality and Southern Epistemologies

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A quest for equity: Decolonizing global health promotion
seminar 
By
Rashmi Singla, Ph.D., Psychotherapy Specialist, Associate Professor, Psychology and Health Studies, Roskilde University, Denmark
& Johanne Elbek, MSc in Health Promotion and Strategies and International Development Studies, Head of Section at Danish Health Authority, Denmark

The format of the seminar is as follows: 

 A formal presentation can take about 45 minutes. After that, Rashmi Singla and Prof Makoni engage in a conversation for about 15-20 minutes. We then open the session to the audience members for a Q&A. The session will last 2 hours, followed by ½ hour of "after-party" comprising informal conversation between presenters and the audience.

 Presentation abstract

A central element of global health is the matter of equity; a discussionwith roots in colonialist endeavors, equally relevant at all levels of thefield today and in the future. By disassembling constituting elements ofglobal health, it becomes clear how the contemporary field is based onand biased in Global North cultures and traditions, which frames theEurocentric perspective as the neutral and the norm, and thereforesolutions and strategies for combating global risks are customised tofit societies of the Global North. Contemporary interventionsundertaken in the name of promoting global health represent enduringchallenges and new trends relating to international efforts to improvehealth conditions, primarily in the Global South. This talk will focus onboth sides of the encounter, the agents of intervention, healthprofessionals and the targets, local populations emphasising ethno-racialrepresentations and the burden of ‘otherness’ because theintervention power dynamics influence both. With a broad perspectiveon historical continuity and ruptures, we will explore the legacies ofmistrust in colonial medicine, postcolonial approaches, and integrationof the local, traditional health practices. In the quest for global healthequity, we invite you to focus the decolonisation process through fourlevels: knowledge, leadership, policy, and praxis.

Rashmi Singla, Ph.D., Psychotherapy Specialist, Associate Professor,Psychology and Health Studies, Roskilde University, DenmarkJohanne Elbek, MSc in Health Promotion and Strategies andInternational Development Studies, Head of Section at Danish HealthAuthority, Denmark

Periode	5 maj 2023
Begivenhedstype	Seminar
Grad af anerkendelse	International