Decolonizing as theory and practice
The RVS fall course invites participants to reflect critically about decolonization as theory and practice. As a collective, we are tasked with knowledge-making. But, from where and for whom do we produce knowledge? Decolonization calls us to task. The course will offer PhD-candidates theoretical perspectives and methods that enrich critical thinking about knowledge and knowledge-making and their implications for social justice. Central concepts: Intersectionality, methodology and epistemology.
Host
The course is hosted by University of Oslo, Faculty of Theology. Co-hosted by Univeristy of Agder. Venue: Oslo.
Planning committee: Marianne Bjelland Kartzow (TF), Nina Gacic (TF, PhD student representative), Nina Hoel (TF), Ida Marie Høeg (UiA), Jens-Ole Köhrsen (TF), Fredrik Saxegaard (RVS).
Keynotes
Elaine Nogueira-Godsey, Drew University, U.S.
Karin Jarnkvist, Mittuniversitetet, Sweden.
Information
More information for RVS members: See course module in Canvas.
Non-member and interested in joining? Contact
What to know before you register for the RVS fall course 2026
- The course is open also for PhD students/candidates who are not RVS members. If we receive more registrations than there are places, RVS members will be prioritized. We will confirm your registration immediately after the deadline August 15.
- Participants must be present for the whole course.
- Participants must hand in a short paper before the course (see short paper module in Canvas). Handing in a FULL paper after the course is not mandatory, but necessary if you want to obtain ECTS for the course.
- Course fee: Please read our price politics below.
- Participants who are not members of RVS will get access to the RVS Canvas, and find course literature and other course information there.
Registration and course fees
You register and pay for the course here: https://event.checkin.no/226588/rvs-fall-course-2026
Deadline: August 15.
For RVS, it is important to make participation as equal as possible for our members. This means: If you work at a campus so far away that you need to travel to the course, we either offer a lower price or we book hotel. This is a trust-based system, so if you commute to your university but live near the course city, we trust that you don't book a hotel. If in doubt, contact us! For the fall course 2026, RVS books and pays for the hotel room in Oslo for those who need. You indicate what you need when you pay.
RVS members without hotel: NOK 500,-.
RVS members with hotel Oct 7-9: NOK 1000,-.
Non-member without hotel: NOK 1500,-.
Non-member with hotel Oct 7-9: NOK 4000,-.
A registration fee of NOK 50,- is added to all of the above.
Program
THURSDAY OCTOBER 8
09:00 Coffee & mingle.
09:15 Welcome, presentation and introduction: Marianne Bjelland Kartzow.
09:30 Decolonizing as Theory and Practice: Introduction to the course and central concepts. Nina Hoel and Jens Köhrsen, University of Oslo
11:00 Break
11:30 Keynote 1: From Where, and for Whom: A Decological Praxis of Knowing and Living Otherwise.
Elaine Nogueira Godsey, Drew University Theological School
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Panel conversation, moderated by Marianne Bjelland Kartzow.
PhD candidates, Elaine Nogueira Godsey, Karin Jarnkvist.
14:15 Break.
14:30 Paper groups parallel session I.
16:00 Break with coffee and a snack
16:30 Workshop: Decolonizing the thesis project. Nina Hoel.
18:00 Program end.
19:00 Dinner.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9
09:00 Coffee
09:15 Keynote 2: Indigenous Methodology as Decolonial Practice: Researching Sámi Identity, Art, and Cultural Heritage.
Karin Jarnkvist, Mid Sweden University.
10:15 Panel conversation moderated by Ida Marie Høeg.
PhD candidates, Karin Jarnkvist, Elaine Nogueira-Godsey, Jens Köhrsen.
11:00 Break.
11:15 Paper groups parallel session II.
12:45 Course conclusion, Fredrik Saxegaard.
13:00 Lunch/Program end.