Sibusiso Biyela, one of this year’s student travel fellows, brought a South African perspective to a panel on the decolonization of science 27 October at the World Conference of Science Journalists.

‘We were taught that science has a western origin’ @AstroSibs at #WCSJ2017 #DecolonizeScience pic.twitter.com/NnVPCuO8kL

— Oscar Miyamoto (@MiyamOtOscar) October 27, 2017

The panel also featured journalist and professor Javier Cruz Mena, from Mexico, university lecturer Nolwazi Mkhwanazi, from South Africa, and freelance science journalist Padma Tata Venkata, from India.

They discussed how even spelling can show bias in science communication.

“Decolonize” vs “decolonise”- echoes of colonization can be felt in every aspect of scicomms #decolonizescience #WCSJ2017

— Vicky Stein (@AgentRedSquirre) October 27, 2017

You can read everything about this session on this story compiling the best tweets from those in attendance.