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Reparative Grammar — REPAIR The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...

🎉Check out our brand new REPAIR lecture recording "Reparative Grammar" by Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis all about #Black life, #repair & #reparations discourse in the US. ⬇️

🔗 Available now open acces on our YouTube & website: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

Save the Date: Launch of our Loss and Damage Response Toolkit By The Loss and Damage Collaboration

This March, @lossanddamage.bsky.social is launching a 'toolkit' - A practical guide to assist those needing support and those who wish to provide support to enhance the global response to #LossAndDamage caused by #ClimateChange.

www.lossanddamagecollaboration.org/resources/sa...

Where the Silence Breaks | Ep 3 – Colombia As part of Colombia’s peace process, former army soldiers confess to extrajudicial killings to the victims' families.

Fascinating documentary episode on Colombia's journey towards #peace and #justice, and ensuring #reparations and non-repetition, after five decades of armed conflict.

Watch it here:

www.aljazeera.com/video/making...

Albanese should demand reparations from Israel, say families of Australian soldiers whose graves were bulldozed A third family says the Australian government must do more to hold Israel and the Israeli Defence Force to account, including demanding an apology

Australian families whose relatives - WW1 & WW2 soldiers - were buried in Gaza are asking the Israeli Defense Forces for an #apology and #reparations for bulldozing graves and destroying parts of Gaza War Cemetery.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Novartis settles with Henrietta Lacks' estate over use of her 'stolen' cells to advance medicine Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and...

Justice sure took a long while…

apnews.com/article/henr...

On ‘Indifference’: A Conversation with Naisargi Davé Naisargi N. Davé won the 2024 Gregory Bateson Book Prize for her book, Indifference: On the Praxis of Interspecies Being. In awarding the prize, ...

"What kinships & constellations come into view when we approach ethnography with an indifference to the boundedness of categories?"
SCA Contributing Editor Poornima Rajeshwar interviews Naisargi N. Davé about her Gregory Bateson Prize winning book "Indifference."

Relooted - Launch Trailer YouTube video by Xbox

Check out the game trailer here www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC8B...

Relooted - Launch Trailer YouTube video by Xbox

Check out the game trailer here www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC8B...

Relooted: the South African video game where players take back artefacts from western museums Creators say they’re offering Africans a ‘hopeful, utopian feeling’ of retrieving objects looted by colonial armies

Had to post about this #restorativejustice #videogame..: www.theguardian.com/games/2026/f...

The injustice in Chagos continues Expressions of regret have not translated into enabling return or providing reparations.

A history of #slavery & dispossession: The UK and the US were found responsible for crimes against humanity on Chagos Islands but so far there are no plans of #reparations or #justice for Indigenous people.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Reparative Grammar — REPAIR The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...

Join us tomorrow, 10am CET in person or online for the talk by Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis on "Reparative Grammar" and #reparations beyond injury. Find out more here: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling A cable seen by Al Jazeera says the US 'strongly objects' to the island nation seeking support for the ICJ's ruling.

In line with the Trump administration's objective to halt action on climate change, the US urges Pacific Island state Vanuatu to withdraw a UN resolution draft supporting landmark #ICJ ruling that countries have a legal obligation to act on #climate change.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/...

Dutch anti-racism chief sees hope for reparations under new government The Netherlands' anti-racism chief is hopeful that the new Dutch government will discuss reparations for slavery and colonialism, years after official apologies were criticised by campaigners for fall...

The coalition agreement of the new centre-right Dutch government states that they will "actively promote societal awareness of the country's #colonial and #slavery past and its lasting impact" but does not mention the words #reparations or reparatory #justice.

www.reuters.com/world/dutch-...

There is still time to sign up for our two exciting events happening next week:

📆18-02, 10am CET
➡️Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis' lecture on 'Reparative Grammar'

📆20-02, 2pm CET
➡️Prof. Markus Messling's talk on 'Cultural Practices of Reparation'

🔗 More info & sign-up: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures

Conservative group sues S.F. over reparations plan San Francisco’s proposal for reparations to descendants of slaves was challenged in court Thursday by a conservative group, which said the plan itself would discriminate on the basis of race.

A conservative group is suing San Francisco over its #reparations plan: The lawsuit objects to the distribution of public funds on a racial, ancestral basis but offers no clear alternative approach to address slavery and its legacy in the city.

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art...

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners in Iva Valley, Enugu The colonial police, made up of Nigerians and Europeans, shot dead workers striking for better conditions.

In 1949 at the Iva Valley Coal Mine, workers protesting harsh conditions and racial pay gap were shot by colonial police. Last Thursday, a Nigerian court ordered the UK to pay £420m of #reparations and deliver a formal written apology.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Get ready for our upcoming events by watching past REPAIR lectures! All available open-access on our

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#reparations #activism #justice #climatechange #anthrosky

Another exciting event happening this February:

Prof. Markus Messling from @uni-saarland.de will give a talk about "Cultural Practices of #Reparation" including a variety of case studies. Join us:

📅 20 Feb, 2pm CET
📍 Online
🔗 Details & sign-up: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/cul...

Reparative Grammar — REPAIR The limits of contemporary reparations discourse lie not only in its political and economic formulations but also in its grammar. The prevailing grammar of  to repair  organizes reparations ...

Join us for a hybrid lecture on #black #repair with one of the world's leading #reparations scholars: Prof. Jovan Scott Lewis. Wednesday 18th of February, 10am CET, in Amsterdam and online (sign-up below) www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

📣The REPAIR lectures are back! Interested in #reparations discourse? Join us in two weeks for a hybrid talk on "Reparative Grammar" by Prof. @jovanlewis.bsky.social from @ucbgeography.bsky.social.

📅 18 Feb, 10am CET
📍 UvA REC & online
🔗 Details & sign-up: www.reparationsresearch.eu/lectures/rep...

Thousands may lose out as Post Office closes main Horizon compensation scheme Hundreds of claims still arriving each month, raising fears eligible operators will lose out on redress

In the UK, hundreds of claims were still arriving from post office operators affected by the Horizon scandal as the government prepared to close the main #compensation scheme; even those who are eligible might lose out on #reparations.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Rwanda takes UK to court over contentious migrant deal Rwanda accuses the UK of "intransigence" and says London owes it millions of pounds.

Rwanda is going to court after the UK failed to formally terminate a 2022 agreement about sending undocumented migrants - Only four people were sent before the scheme ended, Rwanda was paid £240m and is now seeking another £50m #compensation.

www.dw.com/en/rwanda-ta...

La Réunion : l’Assemblée nationale adopte à l’unanimité une proposition de loi de réparation pour les « enfants de la Creuse » Le texte prévoit la création d’une commission pour la mémoire, l’institution d’une journée nationale d’hommage et une allocation forfaitaire pour les victimes. Entre 1962 et 1984, 2 015 mineurs ont ét...

France adopts a #reparations bill for thousands of children who were forcibly relocated from Reunion island to mainland France between 1962-1984. The bill calls for a remembrance commission, a national day of tribute, and for #compensation through lump-sum payments.

www.lemonde.fr/outre-mer/ar...

Japan court orders compensation for migrants lured to North Korea The plaintiffs said North Korea was marketed to them as "paradise on Earth".

Between 1959 and 1984 more than 90,000 ethnic Koreans moved from Japan to North Korea under a resettlement scheme which falsely promised an idyllic life. A Tokyo court just ordered four of them, who escaped, #compensation for harsh conditions and forced labour.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Loss and damage case studies Real-world insights into the economic and non-economic losses and damages affecting children’s development and well-being

A wide array of case studies by @unicef.org centred around the theme of #LossAndDamage providing insights into "the economic and non-economic losses and damages affecting children’s development and well-being".

#ClimateChange #ClimateFinance #Climate #Reparations

www.unicef.org/innocenti/lo...

A headline reads: "How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History." An individual in a brown puffer coat stands with their back to the camera, taping notes onto a board on a brick wall. Each note says "learn all history." Photo by Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times.

National Park Service workers across the U.S. are removing materials about slavery, climate change and labor history to comply with an order from President Trump. In some of the first legal pushback, the city of Philadelphia sued the Trump administration on Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

An interesting article (in Dutch) on the recent surge in mass claims by Branda Katan from @leidenlaw.bsky.social.

www.nu.nl/economie/636...

#Reparations news from the end of 2025 - Tata Steel faces €1.4bn mass claim for health, #environmental & economic damage in the Netherlands; around 330,000 claimants want the situation to improve in the future and #compensation for past harm.

www.dutchnews.nl/2025/12/tata...

The Need for Progress on Justice and Reparations On January 20, a Belgian court held a closed-door hearing to determine whether to pursue a criminal case against the last living former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the 1961 assassi...

As former colonial powers remain unwilling to take legal #responsibility, a Belgian court considers a criminal case against last living former Belgian official for his alleged involvement in the assassination of the DRC's first democratically elected PM, Patrice Lumumba.

www.hrw.org/news/2026/01...

Incoming Archbishop Sarah Mullally defends £100m slavery reparations fund despite opposition - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis The incoming Archbishop of Canterbury has reaffirmed the Church of England’s £100 million slavery reparations fund, saying it is grounded in Christian teaching, despite pr

Despite conservative pushback and threats of donation withdrawal, incoming Archbishop Sarah Mullally defends £100m Church of England #slavery #reparations fund.

premierchristian.news/us/news/arti...