Abstract
Decoloniality, and the process of decolonization, is a political, social and relationally humanizing pursuit. Grounded in this understanding, this interactive multimodal workshop led by Dr. Jesica Siham Fernandez will invite us into a decolonial dialogue where together we will learn about decolonial theory and praxes for (re)imaging psychology in the present moment. Through a facilitated dialogue interwoven with theoretical and praxical examples from workshop participants’ research, practice and activism, we will consider the possibilities of a psychology for liberation rooted in docolonization. Decolonial psychology is a task, indeed a commitment, to build worlds where genuine ethical relationships, ways of knowing and being that are humanizing and liberatory are the norm, rather than the exception.
Jesica Siham Fernández (Fulbright-Schuman Fellow, Department of Political & Social Sciences, European University Institute EUI, Florence. Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies Department, Santa Clara University - USA)
completed her PhD in social psychology with an emphasis in Latin American and Latino studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Trained as a social-community psychologist, Jesica’s scholarship is grounded in a decolonial praxis that centers abolitionist, liberatory and relational pluriversal epistemologies. Jesica is the co-editor on the Handbook of Decolonial Community Psychology (Springer, 2024). As a recipient of the 2025 Schuman-Fulbright Fellowship, she is currently residing in Florence, as a visiting fellow at the European University Institute.
Workshop organized by Francesca Esposito and Cinzia Albanesi (Department of Psychology «Renzo Canestrari») and Alia Jasim (Decolonial Medicine).
Contacts: francesca.esposito34@unibo.it