The Postcolonial Theology Network (PTN) has always been Postcolonial Networks social media face and one means to communicate our work. At the same time, the PTNs member posts have been generally incongruent with the majority of Postcolonial Networks activities. Even before the fall 2014 launch of Borderless Press and naming our knowledge activism, Postcolonial Networks primary work has been the publication of Majority World (Global South and beyond) scholarship through our collaborations and meetings. Over the last year the PTN has experienced some growth in members from Africa and South America. Most of the content posted and voices heard on the PTN continues to be from PTN members located in North America whereas more than 80% of Postcolonial Networks relationships, collaborations and our published authors are outside of North America and Europe. The change you may have recently experienced in this groups content is based on a desire to help the PTN better reflect the work and relationships that Postcolonial Networks has always been about. The PTN took on a life apart from Postcolonial Networks mission. Increasingly, you will read content in this group from Majority World scholars and activists that is oriented on Majority World concerns. Postcolonial Networks mission has always been the publication of Majority World (Global South) scholarship. Since 2008 we have collaborated with Majority World scholars in Africa, Australia, Asia and South America to plan meetings that have led to publications. We have brought leadership to Palgrave Postcolonialism and Religions series. Duggan was the founding editor of the series with the vision to bring together postcolonial theorists and theologians whose work is grounded in multi-religious traditions and whose scholars are primarily from the Majority World. Jayakiran Sebastian is co-editor of the series. More than eighty percent of the series volumes are authored by Majority World scholars. In most cases our authors come to us through our off-line relationships and the work we do and not from this Facebook group. Postcolonial Networks has done all of its work on a voluntary basis with no funding or compensation and very few volunteers. Our Postcolonial Networks board members have put in hundreds and in some cases over a thousand hours per year to support our mission activities. Our Postcolonial Networks board includes members in those places around the world where we have had postcolonial meetings and the greatest number of published authors. Some of our board members: Simi Malhotra (India) has delivered papers at every meeting; Nicolas Panotto (Argentina) is co-editing several books on common projects as well as his Grupo Gemrip being our strategic partner, and Jayakiran Sebastian is co-editor with me of the Palgrave Postcolonialism and Religions series. In addition to being a full-time seminary Dean, mission professor and prolific scholar, Kiran reads every series manuscript prior to peer review and writes a recommendation of the book project that accompanies the manuscript. Our Palgrave series board members are all Majority World scholars including: Musa Dube (Botswana), Jione Havea (New South Wales, Australia), Nestor Miguez (Argentina), Masood Raja and Jayakiran Sebastian. Postcolonial Networks is continuing to develop its relationship with St. Pauls University in Limuru, Kenya through Drs. Esther Mombo and Joseph Wandera. Last May we met at St. Pauls for a postcolonial meeting. Soon papers will enter peer review. This summer Postcolonial Networks returns to Kenya to offer a Scholarly Writing and Publishing workshop. We are actively seeking funding to bring with us two Majority World scholars: Drs. Jenny Te Paa-Daniel and R.S. Wafula. We welcome your support for our Postcolonial Networks activities around the world. Our greatest need right now is for monetary donations to support the travel of indigenous scholars who wish to team teach an August 2015 writing and publishing workshop in Kenya at St. Pauls University. We need $5000 by April 1. If you would like to support this workshop please write to me. In the weeks ahead there will be posts from me on Postcolonial Networks and Borderless Press knowledge activism. In the coming year we already have more than a half dozen volumes to be published in the Palgrave series, all by Majority World authors. You will also see Borderless Press publications being announced with 90% of our authors from the Majority World along with other marginalized scholars. Very soon we will launch the Borderless Press website. I look forward to continuing to work with all PTN members to harness the energies of the PTN to support Postcolonial Networks mission.
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 18:44:31 +0000
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