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Decoloniality

Decoloniality (Spanish: decolonialidad) is a school of thought that aims to delink from Eurocentric knowledge hierarchies and ways of being in the world in order to enable other forms of existence on Earth. It critiques the perceived universality of Western knowledge and the superiority of Western culture, including the systems and institutions that…

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Decoloniality

Decolonial critique

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related to Further reading · 125
Decoloniality → Alejandro, Altermodern Decoloniality, America, Americanity, Americas, Andreas, Aníbal, Asher, August, Australian Indigenous Law Review, Axis, Beer, Berkeley, Bhambra, Bibcode, Britta, BU2013, Budhi, California Press, Catherine
related to Examples · 20
Decoloniality → ALBA, Americas, Arizona, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, CONFENIAE, Decolonial, Ecuador, Examples, Indigenous, K-12, Landless Workers' Movement, ONIC, Scholars, South America, Southern Mexico, These, TIPNIS, Zapatista
related to Political decolonization · 16
Decoloniality → Algeria, Decolonial, Decolonization, Eurocentric, European, Fanon, Gandhi, However, India, Jinnah, Mandela, Mexico, Similarly, South Africa, There, Zapatistas
related to Coloniality of gender · 13
Decoloniality → African, Americas, Aníbal Quijano's, Argentine, Asian, Building, Coloniality, European, Indigenous, Maria Lugones, Scholars, The, This
related to Disobedience and de-linking · 8
Decoloniality → Eurocentric, In, Indigenous, Leftist, Rightist, Such, The, Western European
related to Decoloniality · 7
Decoloniality → Aimé Césaire, For, Framing, Frantz Fanon, Nelson Maldonado-Torres, The, This
related to Imperialism as the successor · 7
Decoloniality → Although, Americas, Eurocentrism, Global South, It, The, Western
related to Coloniality of power · 6
Decoloniality → Aníbal Quijano, European, It, Latin America, Latin American, The
related to Postcolonialism · 6
Decoloniality → Algeria, Brazil, Postcolonialism, Third World, This, United States
related to Decolonial critique · 5
Decoloniality → Decolonial, In, Many, Researchers, Western

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decolonial colonialism modernity coloniality colonial power political western knowledge concept decolonization eurocentric thinking indigenous european epistemic forms colonization gender postcolonialism

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Algeriainstance ofin contexts0.80text
the 19th-century United Statesinstance ofin contexts0.80text
and 19th-century Brazil.Decolonial scholars consider the colonization of the Americas a precondition for postcolonial analysisinstance ofin contexts0.80text
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderColoniality0.60section
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderArgentine0.60section
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderMaria Lugones0.60section
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderBuilding0.60section
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderAníbal Quijano's0.60section
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderEuropean0.60section
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderIndigenous0.60section
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderAmericas0.60section
Decolonialityrelated to Coloniality of genderThis0.60section

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