Carolyn Yu wrote a new article for the ISS blog, Bliss. She sees development as a faulty framework, as expressed by Professor Arturo Escobar, and the need for development not to be dictated by the Global North. Instead, she encourages to search for alternatives to development.
This week Arturo Escobar delivered a lecture at the ISS on the topic of post-development. Escobar’s work on rethinking development is crucial in a time when the development field is still plagued by a superhero complex. Carolyn Yu's article sketches how his work contributes to the deconstruction of the Global North’s own portrayal as a saviour, and serves as a background to his lecture.
About the author
Carolyn Yu is a recent graduate from the ISS MA program, majoring in Social Policy for Development and specialising in Women and Gender Studies. She is coordinating the events surrounding Arturo Escobar’s visit to ISS.
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Full article - The Global North’s superhero complex and how Escobar can help us save ourselves by Carolyn Yu
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