postcolonial theory Settler colonialism 3 Mar 20213 Mar 2021 Not all colonies are created in the same way. Whilst under imperial domination colonies are sustained and exploited to support the metropolitan centre, settler colonialism functions through an invasive structure…
repatriation Return 9 Dec 202019 Jan 2021 We’ve discussed the technicalities of terms like “repatriation” and “restitution”, but the urgent debates to address the colonial past (and its contemporary effects!) in museums point towards the need for…
postcolonial theory Postcolonial 15 Oct 2019 The second variation of “postcolonial” moves us away from the historicised connotations that the hyphen in “post-colonial” denotes. Instead of describing a historical moment following independence from official colonial rule,…
postcolonial theory Eurocentric 18 Jul 2019 Literally a central framing of European culture, history, epistemology or practices as pre-eminent. This happens in many disciplines, and is not limited to art and/or history. This is a limited…
postcolonial theory Diaspora 2 Jul 2019 Originally referring to the Jewish people who were forcibly ‘scattered’ from their homeland, the term is now used to talk about any population who are displaced from their ancestral lands.…
postcolonial theory Cultural imperialism 12 Jun 2019 Coined by Palestinian-American literary theorist and cultural critic Edward Said, this speaks to the cognitive and cultural project of Eurowestern colonisation, to erase indigenous cultures and practices through the imposition…
The Decolonial Dictionary 