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It problematises the historical standpoint of Western psychology narrative that suggests the present state of the discipline upholds the truth, while the past is depicted as a tale of how this truth triumphed over ‘error’. In addition, the presentation interrogates issues of (un)belonging, exclusion and decolonisation of methodologies to potentially improve disciplinary relevance in the global south.
A broader aim of this presentation is to strengthen a growing body of work on decolonisation and critical psychology. The specific aim is to enrich debates about decolonisation, epistemic justice and injustice building on from previous critical contributions in psychology within that raising questions about the role and relevance of critical psychology from the global south perspective.The Centre of Psychological Research (PsyCen), within School of Humanities and Social Sciences, supports research projects dedicated to improving psychological wellbeing for different communities in conjunction with a range of external collaborators and funders.
Dr Ncube is one of the founders of the Afro-Asian Critical Psychology Network and a Senior Lecturer at Arden University UK. He is also a Chartered Psychologist, Researcher and Author. His research seeks to transform psychology into an emancipatory, radical, social-justice seeking and status-quo-resisting approach that understands psychological issues as taking place in specific political-economic or cultural-historical contexts. His work highlights the limitations of mainstream research in the discipline and draws extensively on critical theory.
