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Postcolonialism (also post-colonial theory) is the critical academic study of the cultural, political and economic consequences of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the impact of human control and exploitation of colonized people and their lands.
All aspects the study are led by the Cedar Project Partnership, an independent coalition of Indigenous Elders, leaders, and health/wellness experts. Cedar studies have highlighted the ongoing impacts of settler colonialism on Indigenous families and communities, including the foster care system, sexual abuse, extreme poverty, and racism.
Joseph Patrick Gone (born 1967) is a clinical and community psychologist, social scientist, and academic. He is Professor of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University.
The effects of European colonialism have consistently drawn academic attention in the decades since decolonization. New theories continue to emerge. The field of colonial and postcolonial studies has been implemented as a major in multiple universities around the globe. [111] [112] [113]
A factory entrepôt, a basic example of colonialism illustrating its different elements, hierarchies and impact on the land and people (the Dutch V.O.C. factory in Hugli-Chuchura, Bengal, in 1665) Colonialism is the advancement of control over and exploitation of land and people by separation, through another and often foreign group.
A colonial mentality is the internalized attitude of ethnic or cultural inferiority felt by people as a result of colonization, i.e. them being colonized by another group. [1] It corresponds with the belief that the cultural values of the colonizer are inherently superior to one's own. [ 2 ]
This critique of IR theory suggests that mainstream IR scholarship does not adequately address the impacts of colonialism and imperialism on current day world politics. [1] Despite using the language of post- , scholars of postcolonial IR argue that the legacies of colonialism are ongoing, and that critiquing international relations with this ...
Indigenous decolonization describes ongoing theoretical and political processes whose goal is to contest and reframe narratives about indigenous community histories and the effects of colonial expansion, cultural assimilation, exploitative Western research, and often though not inherent, genocide. [1]