Queering Heart Series
March 2024-June 2024

Queer Power Hour: A Panel Showcasing Queer Research

Queering Human Rights Advocacy

Queering Your Writing & Research Journey

Queer and Undocumented

Pleasure Activism & Queer Erotics

Rethinking Through Decolonial and Queer Frameworks

Freedom Dreaming Queer D&D Spaces

C-HER Project: Decolonizing MarComs Blog

Marketing and communications (marcomms) are necessary for community engagement as a means for social movements, education, crisis communication, and community building. Frequently engaged in digital spaces and spanning the entire globe, marcomms augments truth-telling from across dominant and non-dominant understandings while perpetuating Western and capitalistic ideals.

The blog series explores how we can decolonize marketing and communications beyond capitalistic means to integrate ongoing processes that help scholars and students explore how to engage communities through a lens of two-way engagement, justice and human rights.

Read our upcoming posts by going to the Decolonizing MarComms blog!

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Decolonizing Digital Marketing and Communications: Why, How, and When?
Decolonizing Digital Marketing and Communications: Why, How, and When?

By Jazzmin Gota and Paul David Terry

What does it mean to decolonize, and how does this concept relate to marketing and communications? How do our contemporary practices continue to operate within colonial frameworks?

Prologue: Stop Pioneering and Reimagine a Decolonized Future for MarComms
Prologue: Stop Pioneering and Reimagine a Decolonized Future for MarComms

By Jazzmin Gota and Paul David Terry

Have you ever felt disillusioned by the superficial gestures and tokenism often associated with awareness days for social justice causes? Do you find yourself questioning the impact of well-intentioned apologies and access efforts that may inadvertently misrepresent marginalized communities? Do you ever find yourself weary from constantly revisiting lists of dos and don'ts for engaging with different communities? The world of marketing and communications (MarComms) is not immune to these challenges, especially within the context of capitalist principles that shape our strategies and practices. Come with us on a journey where we explore decolonizing marketing and communications.

The #ColCat Heart Series and Collective Catalyst is made possible by the University of San Francisco, School of Education’s International and Multicultural Education program and Center for Humanizing Education and Research (C-HER) Freedom Dreaming Grant. The series and website “promote the generation, application, and diffusion of high quality, methodologically rigorous research that is conducted in solidarity with local and global communities to address pressing issues through humanizing frameworks.”