Richard Jackson, Rula Talahma, Alex Miller and Vivienne Anderson The responsibility of the social scientist in a time of genocidal settler colonial violence
This panel will discuss academic responsibility and the role of social science in a time of escalating genocidal violence by the Israeli settler colonial state. Among a wide range of issues, it will consider whether the argument for institutional neutrality is valid in the current context of Israeli violence, whether the university’s commitment to Te Tiriti necessitates a similar commitment to the decolonisation of Palestine, and whether there are compelling arguments against the adoption of the Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, particularly in relation to boycotting Israeli academic institutions.
