A student-led organisation at UCT focused on decolonisation, curriculum reform, pluralism and the democratisation of Economics
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Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
📌WEBINAR TOMORROW: Reclaiming Economics for Future Generations, the book launch.
➡️9 February, 6:30pm UTC
➡️8:30pm South African Standard Time
➡️Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
This new book explores calls to diversify, decolonize and democratize economics.
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
What do you think needs to change?
How did economics misunderstand the crisis?
Let's discuss this topic at #REFAFest2021
👉Sign up: bit.ly/RefaFest2021Signup
@IEJ_SA @mediauj @SARChI_ID @DivDecEcon @REFA_UCT @rethinkecon @FES_SouthAfrica @PKEconSoc
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
The time has come again for the annual Rethinking Economics For Africa Festival 2021! Sign up now and save the date! bit.ly/RefaFest2021Signup. #REFAFest2021
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
We are officially launching our new ✨e-Library✨ on Exploring Economics🚀🚀
Find a huge selection of #PluralistLiterature here: exploring-economics.org/en/s…
Stay tuned for our Economists Favourite Books Series and further Book Reccomendations 📚📚
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Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
You are sincerely invited to join @EconomicsNile’s Pluralist Economics Workshop tomorrow, Saturday, December 5th 2020!
Find the programme & registration links below.
@Madari2fourIsah
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Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
We have some brilliant films for you to watch as part of the #REFA2020 Virtual Festival! They are available for the weekend for you to view at any time. Sit back, learn and enjoy. Links here: sites.google.com/view/refafe… #REFAFESTFilms
To those who joined us at day 2 of the @REFAFestival, we hope you found it stimulating and enjoyable! Feel free to share any thoughts that you have using #REFA2020 so we can share our learnings with each other. 🤓 See you all tomorrow for our last two sessions!
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
“Labour is exploited by capital and capital is closely aligned to the ruling state. Those who control capital are getting all the privileges.” @sensunanda #REFA2020LABOUR
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
Looking at economics without discussing power is a missed opportunity. How do we incorporate conceptions of power (in the workplace, the home, in broader society, in governance, in decision-making, in influence, in structure) into our teachings of economics? #REFA2020Inequality
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
Did You Know?
Economics is not neutral.
Like all social sciences, economics is rooted in ideology, moral philosophy and social analysis. These acknowledgements are critical to understanding what economics is and more importantly, what it can be... #REFA2020Inequality
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
#REFA2020LABOUR What are some creative approaches & scenarios you’d like to see implemented in the teaching of economics?
“You incentivise paying taxes by providing services.” @LEONCENDIKUMANA addresses how localising taxes to the municipal/regional level is an possible solution to increasing tax compliance & ensuring greater transparency of how funds are used. #REFA2020
Prof @LEONCENDIKUMANA speaking about how important context is in understanding economics & policy decision-making. #REFA2020
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
We have to have a pluralist approach but it is also about bringing in everybody, the economy is too important to be left to economists alone as Ha Joon Chang said. There's a crisis of power imbalance but also a crisis of dreaming, we need to fix that! - @fatimahkelleher #REFA2020
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
Economics is fundamentally about power imbalances but that has not been brought in explicitly. Power functions across all things, even within capital, these are critical but are not paid adequate attention to in our teaching - @Jayati1609 #REFA2020
Less than half an hour to go until the #REFA2020 opening session! 🎉
You can still register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
Or watch the Facebook livestream here: facebook.com/instituteforeco…
2 days to go 🎉 Which speaker are you most excited to hear?
We are excited to announce that Prof @Jayati1609 will be a panellist on our opening plenary titled '“What does the COVID-19 moment mean for economics teaching and research in the global south?” Full bio: jnu.ac.in/content/jayati APPLY bit.ly/RefaFest2020Apply
Be sure to join us for the #REFA2020 opening event 🙌
Register for the REFA Festival 2020 Opening Plenary taking place online Thursday 1 October here - bit.ly/REFAfestival2020
Visit the the REFA Festival site for more details - sites.google.com/view/refafe…
@Jayati1609 @LEONCENDIKUMANA @fatimahkelleher
Rethinking Economics for Africa (UCT) retweeted
📢📢We are very excited to release a list of some of the speakers you can expect at this year's 2020 REFA Virtual Festival! More detailed information about the speakers can be found on the website: bit.ly/RefaFest2020Site
Today is the last day to APPLY: bit.ly/RefaFest2020Apply
Apply for the REFA Festival 2020! Thur 1 Oct to Sat 3 Oct. This year, the theme is “action towards a pluralist economics curriculum”. A set of virtual interactive workshops will be hosted online. See more bit.ly/RefaFest2020Site & sign up bit.ly/RefaFest2020Apply by 17 Sep.