Pedagogies of Unlearning: Towards a feminist and decolonial prefigurative politics of life’s work

Paula Mählck

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2026, vol. 47, issue 3, 641-655

Abstract: This article is inspired by feminist decolonial ethnography in the analysis of the Rafiki group, an informal network of domestic workers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It explores their collective efforts to challenge exploitation and promote change, providing insights into a decolonial and feminist approach to prefigurative politics. Using Pedagogies of Unlearning, the analysis focuses on the Rafiki group meetings’ content, form and particularities of locality. The findings highlight the importance of embracing the diversity and complexity of life’s work and prefigurative politics. The research findings support a pluralistic perspective, drawing on studies from diverse cultural and geographical contexts to deepen our understanding of collective unlearning and social transformation.

Keywords: decolonial feminisms; Pedagogies of Unlearning; prefigurative politics; social reproduction; Tanzania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X251405697

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