DECOLONIZING EVALUATION

DECOLONIZING EVALUATION:
Review of a Special Issue of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation
edited by Professor Bagele Chilisa and Professor Nicole Bowman
This video provides an overview and diverse perspectives on what decolonizing evaluation means and how to undertake it based on a special issue of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation focused on "Decolonizing Evaluation." The video includes interviews with co-editors Bagele Chilisa and Nicole Bowman and snapshots of each of the 18 chapters with additional commentary.
Below are the detailed contents marked by timed appearance in the video.
00:00:00 Opening and context
00:03:14 The relevance of decolonization to evaluation practice, Bagele Chilisa
00:06:53 Reflections on major themes, Nicole Bowman
00:09:05 The why and how of decolonization for systems transformation, Editors overview
00:10:12 Four steps to decolonizing evaluation, Hur Hassnain
00:11:20 Evaluation transformation implies its decolonization: Liberating evaluation, Robert Picciotto chapter overview and interview.
00:16:50 Decontamination of polluted lands: an analogy to explain decolonization, MQP.
00:21:40 Transformation and decolonization
00:24:07 Chapter-by-chapter brief reviews
00:43:37 Contextual variations on Ubuntu and decolonization
00:48:12 Made in Africa Evaluation, Bagele Chilisa
00:55:25 Graphic depiction of decolonization, Nicole Bowman
01:12:57 Closing and thanks to contributors
The Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation (JMDE) is open access. The entire special issue on Decolonizing Evaluation is available online:
Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation (sfu.ca)