SDTIC Equity and Inclusion Updates: Join a book club!
Robyn Ilten-Gee
Hi everyone,
Thanks to everyone who came to the Equity / Inclusion breakout room on May 28. Here is a link to the most recent version of our guidelines document, which takes into account several suggestions from participants. We always welcome feedback and comments on this living doc!
As an SDTIC Equity / Inclusion initiative, Laura and I wanted to invite everyone to join a book club! This book club will take up issues of psychology's relationship to colonization and racism. If you are interested in joining us, please complete this brief form! A description of our vision for the book club is below -- however, we are very open to changing / shifting this vision!
Description: Over the course of history, Euro-centric and "Western" psychological theories have often been weaponized against Indigenous and racialized peoples. Elliot Turiel provides a powerful snapshot of this in his recent editor's corner in Human Development about psychology and eugenics. This legacy persists in how psychology is applied in research and practical contexts today. As developmental psychologists, we are interested in deepening our understanding of the connection between psychology, colonization, and racism, specifically as it impacts our work with social domain theory. In this book club, we will engage questions such as: What is the relationship of SDT to decolonizing efforts? Can SDT be used alongside decolonizing and anti-racist methodologies and theories? How do we as scholars reconcile psychology's connection to colonization / eugenics with our own desire for psychological knowledge? In what ways do our current research agendas / methodologies / protocols perpetuate practices that are harmful or raise ethical questions? When we teach SDT, how can we also teach about the history of psychology and colonization? We hope to create a safe and supportive space to expand our knowledge, build connections, and challenge ourselves and our research.
Any questions / concerns, feel free to reach out.
Sincerely,
Robyn and Laura
Robyn Ilten-Gee (she/her)
Assistant Professor in Education
Simon Fraser University | Burnaby, Canada
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