Thinking Inside the Box

This article presents and reflects on Thinking Inside the Box, a decolonial pedagogical framework that connects students with archival materials from Latin America. We understand these archives as artefacts of resistance to authoritarianism and struggle for social justice, and employ them as a point of departure for collective interpretations and 'performances'. Through a reflection and qualitative analysis of a survey carried out with students on the project between 2021 and 2022, we explore how Thinking Inside the Box constitutes a positive means for catalysing transformative learning experiences. At the same time, we identify how the current context of UK higher education poses challenges to the project’s future.