Lessons from Strangers

#02 Decolonizing Psychology with Dr Reddy (she/they), Part 2

In the second part of our conversation with the fabulous Dr. Reddy (she/they), we talked about the need to acknowledge our interconnectivity with everyone and everything around us, the potential behind decolonizing psychology and the importance of contextualizing healing. A truly memorable conversation with a truly memorable individual. For more information about the podcast and our magazine, please take a look at our website - lessonsfromstrangers.org [https://www.lessonsfromstrangers.org/]. Some of the readings we mentioned: Coloniality & Psychology [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10892680211046507]  Towards a Critical Race Psychology [https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/spc3.12068] Race vs The Human [https://media.ed.ac.uk/media/Race+vs.+The+Human+%E2%80%93+9+February+2022/1_gaov1sih/171288701] (talk by Dr Deanne Bell)

#01 Decolonizing Psychology with Dr. Reddy (she/they), Part 1

In honor of the launch of our magazine and the topic of its first issue - Decolonizing Mental Health, we sat down for a conversation with the amazing Dr. Reddy (she/they) who is a Singapore-born, UK-based, social, political and cultural psychologist. Together, we talked about incredibly important concepts such as coloniality, epistemic violence and the importance of actively decolonizing contemporary psychology, to name a few. It was a beautiful conversation that highlighted some of the most pressing issues currently present in the mental health landscape. For more information about the podcast and our magazine, please take a look at our website - lessonsfromstrangers.org [https://www.lessonsfromstrangers.org/].  Readings mentioned: General Psychology Otherwise: A Decolonial Articulation [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/10892680211048177?journalCode=rgpa] Outline of Ten Theses of Coloniality and Decoloniality [https://fondation-frantzfanon.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/maldonado-torres_outline_of_ten_theses-10.23.16.pdf] Conceptualizations of Love in Ghana [https://spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/josi.12432] Why Psychology is WEIRD [https://www.apa.org/monitor/2010/05/weird]