Join humanitarian professional, researcher and activist Carla Vitantonio on a journey exploring how coloniality is being challenged throughout the aid and development sector.
Seasons 1-3 of Living Decoloniality: Practical experiences of decoloniality throughout the aid sector explored how individuals and groups from around the world are tackling the harmful colonial legacy of the aid and humanitarian sectors, through various lenses and layers.
In the latest season, broadcast in Spanish, Carla explores practices of decoloniality in Latin America, sharing more conversations with practitioners, activists and consultants who are on a mission to decolonialise the aid and development sector.
Season 4, Episode 1 – The colonial matrix of power and its manifestations
We are thrilled to kick off the fourth season of the Living Decoloniality podcast with Asier Hernando Malax-Echevarria, in conversation with Carla Vitantonio. In this opening episode, we explore the colonial matrix of power and its enduring manifestations, the transformative work of ACAPACA, and the role of solidarity in reshaping development and cooperation from a Global South perspective.
Asier has spent over 20 years in international cooperation, focusing on advocacy and campaigns defending Indigenous rights, human rights, women’s rights, and more. A turning point in his career led him to rethink traditional development models and work toward transforming international cooperation. He is now Co-Director of ACAPACA, partnering with social movements and advising organizations worldwide on development and cooperation strategies. He also contributes part-time at the European Climate Foundation, supporting 700 partner organizations with advocacy and communication strategies for a decarbonised Europe. A regular contributor to El País, Asier writes to challenge dominant narratives and foster new debates in the development and aid landscape.
Tune in to explore how colonial power structures persist and how solidarity and alternative development approaches can reshape our world.
Read more about the topic:
- Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism, and Latin America by Anibal Quijano
- Modernidad, Colonialismo y Emancipación En América Latina by Rueda, Eduardo, and Susana Villavicencio
- Decolonizando la cooperacion internacional by Kelly Saavedra Flores, Acàpaca
- Solidarity Platform Cooperativism in Latin America Report, María Belén Albornoz, Daniel Vizuete Sandoval, Alexandra Belén Gualavisí, Rafael Grohmann, Alessio Bertolini, Jonas Valente
- Introduction, Feminist Solidarity and Collective Action, Caroline Sweetman
- En torno a lo poscolonial y lo decolonial en los feminismos del Sur Global, Érika Calvo Rivera
