Episode 1 - The Power Shift: Decolonising Development
In this first episode of 'The Power Shift: Decolonising Development' co-hosts Charmaine McCaulay, Director of Kokoro Therapy and lead facilitator of the ground-breaking ‘Racism in Real Time’ training programme, and Prof Kate Bird, Senior Research Associate, ODI and Director of The Development Hub, talk about what drew them to work together on the decolonisation agenda. Charmaine outlines the process used in the Racism in Real Time training programme to enable white and BIPOC folks to communicate as equals. She outlines how decolonising the self is key to a process of organisational or institutional decolonising and how it is the foundation of decolonising development. Charmaine also talks about how hierarchies of structural power and privilege are layered to create intersecting inequality - with race, class and gender locking together to create oppression and inequality. Her person-centred approach provides interesting insights into where practical steps to decolonisation can begin - and she suggests that the first thing that everyone interested in progressive change can do, is to breathe.
Charmaine McCaulay is a Senior Associate at The Development Hub. She is the founder and Director of Kokoro Therapy, a company specialising in anti-racism training, therapy, mentoring and coaching. Charmaine has over 25 years of experience as a trainer and expert in addressing racism. She has partnered with Kate Bird from The Development Hub to launch this podcast in decolonising development called ‘The Power Shift: Decolonising Development’ and is co-creating a training programme in decolonising development, which will launch in 2023.
If you’re interested to find out more about Charmaine’s work, take a look here:
- Kokoro Therapy
- The Development Hub
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