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What Is a Paradigm? — A Decolonial View | Decolonial Dialogues Podcast Ep. 003

🎙️ Episode 003 — What Is a Paradigm? A Decolonial View In this episode of the Decolonial Dialogues Podcast, host MA (PhD researcher in Pakistani Anglophone fiction and decolonial studies) unpacks one of the most fundamental ideas in modern thought: the paradigm. Drawing from Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and expanding through decolonial thinkers such as Walter Mignolo, Sylvia Wynter, and Aníbal Quijano, this discussion explores how paradigms are not neutral frameworks of knowledge but colonial constructions that shape our perception of truth, progress, and humanity itself. We ask: What is a paradigm shift — and who gets to define it? How do Western paradigms of knowledge silence or erase other epistemologies? What would a decolonial paradigm look like — one rooted in pluriversality and epistemic justice? How does literature and art participate in shifting paradigms of being and knowing? This episode bridges philosophy, literary theory, and decolonial epistemology — inviting scholars, readers, and thinkers to rethink the grand architecture of modern knowledge systems. 📚 Referenced Thinkers & Works: Thomas Kuhn — The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Walter Mignolo — The Darker Side of Western Modernity Sylvia Wynter — Unsettling the Coloniality of Being Aníbal Quijano — Coloniality and Modernity/Rationality Boaventura de Sousa Santos — Epistemologies of the South 🕰️ Timestamps (Example) 00:00 – Introduction: Why paradigms matter 04:50 – Kuhn and the scientific paradigm 10:15 – Modernity and the colonial matrix of power 18:30 – Decolonial paradigm: shifting epistemic ground 25:00 – Literary metaphors of decolonial thought 31:00 – Conclusion: Thinking otherwise 🪶 About the Host MA, PhD researcher and English literature scholar, explores conceptual metaphors and decolonial thought in Pakistani Anglophone fiction. This channel creates a bridge between literary imagination and theoretical consciousness in decolonial studies. 📢 What is a paradigm — and how does it shape the way we think, know, and exist? In this episode, MA re-examines the concept through a decolonial lens, questioning the Western monopoly on knowledge and exploring how alternative worldviews can create epistemic freedom.