We are the Copenhagen Decolonization Collective, an interdisciplinary and intercultural initiative based in Copenhagen & critically engaged with theories and practices of decolonization. Our work focuses on creating a space for reflection, discussion, and learning about the colonial structures that shape our institutions, knowledge systems, and everyday lives. Through awareness-raising and resource-sharing, we seek to challenge dominant colonial narratives in the world around us.
This newsletter is one of the ways we’re practicing collective reflection and accountability. We’ll use it to share what we’ve been working on, what we’re learning, and where we’re headed next — as well as to invite participation and collaboration. If you find it meaningful, please feel free to pass it along to friends, family, or others who might want to engage with this work.
On-the-Ground
We’ve started 2026 by rooting ourselves in learning, connection, and laying foundations for what’s to come.
Over the past month, we’ve been facilitating an Introduction to Decolonization reading course that has brought together new faces, perspectives, and energies. It’s been a genuinely exciting space — full of curiosity, creativity, and shared reflection — and it’s already sparking ideas about where we might go next, both individually and collectively. We’re feeling very grateful for this growing community of learners!
We’re also excited to share that we’ve been invited by the University of Copenhagen’s School of Global Health to facilitate a teach-in for first-year Global Health MSc students. This session will take place ahead of their upcoming “country exposure” placements in Nepal and Poland, and will focus on critically engaging questions of coloniality, power, and knowledge in global health practice. We’re really looking forward to these conversations and to working with students at this moment in their studies.
We’ve also published a few new blog posts over the past weeks, reflecting on decolonial futures, the colonial logics embedded in research and knowledge production, and the ongoing role of debt as a mechanism of racialized and colonial power. Read them here!
Overall, this season has been about slowing down, learning together, and nurturing a sense of cozy community. As the days get lighter, we’re hoping to build momentum toward a spring full of shared projects, conversations, and collective care.
Decolonial Flowchart of the Month
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Looking Forward
As we move through late winter and toward early spring, our collective energy is turning toward both reflection and sharing.
Throughout February, we’re focusing on research and writing, working toward a series of blog posts that we’ll be publishing in the coming period. This is a time for us to deepen our inquiries, connect threads from our collective work, and share reflections that emerge from ongoing conversations around decolonization.
On February 5th, we’re wrapping up the current round of our Introduction to Decolonization reading course and preparing the next iteration of the course, which will begin in March. If you’d like to join — whether for the first time or as a returning participant — you can sign up here, or fill in this interest form if you can’t make it this round but want to stay up to date on reading courses!
We’re also very excited to host another decolonial zine-making workshop on February 9th. This will be a hands-on, creative space for reflection, expression, and collective knowledge-making. No prior experience is needed, and all are welcome. You can sign up for the workshop here— and please feel free to share it with anyone you think might be interested!
Inspiration On Your Bike
Here are two pieces of inspiration to enjoy on your daily bike rides:
TONATIUH by Xiuhtezcatl, a beautiful and powerful album of musical Indigenous resistance. As Camille Austin of Tigre Sounds writes, “For those of us walking between cultures, heartbreak and healing, and resistance and rebirth, this is an album that sees us.”
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PLANTS ARE POLITICAL on the Lifeway of Olive Trees, For The Wild’s first podcast episode in a new series in collaboration with Olive Odyssey, exploring the Palestinian relationship to olive trees, decolonization, and love.
Help shape what we focus on next!
We’d really love to hear what you all think. Please fill out our quick poll here!
Stay Connected
If you’re interested in writing for our blog, collaborating, or getting involved in the Collective, we’d love to hear from you — just reply to this email or reach out to us directly.
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As always, thank you for supporting our Collective! See you next month.
