In this paper, I interrogate deliberative democratic theory’s colonial legacies and Global North biases. I propose the concept of embodied coloniality as a critical intervention that allows us to pluralise conceptual resources and centre subaltern works in deliberative democratic theory. I examine what an account of embodied coloniality demands of deliberative theory and practice, which predominantly unfolds in Global North and settler colonial contexts. I conclude by reflecting on the challenge of reorienting deliberative democratic theory away from Eurocentrism toward an inclusive framework attentive to situated knowledges and lived experiences.
