WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Cultural Imperialism, Intersectionality, Romanus Pontifex

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Debra Graham

Document Summary

Stories matter: they tell us who we are, remember, solutions for our challenges. History is written from the point of view of the colonizers. Imperial history is racist, sexist, and patronising, sees colonial power in positive light, devalues history and culture of marginalized societies and peoples. Colonizing project involves the subjugation of indigenous and marginalized peoples to enable the theft of lands, labour, and resources. Questioning power relationships: challenge colonial institutions and ideologies, recognize the implications of power and privileges, acknowledge indigenous-settler relationships, include and highlight experiences of colonized peoples, respect cultural identity and recognize physical and symbolic violence, commit to action/allyship. Colonialism: military, economic, cultural oppression and domination of one country/race over another: invasion colonnialism: a type of colonialism where the goal is to take resources like gold and people to the motherland . Often using tactics of violence like rape, torture and kidnapping. These roots can be trading posts, communities and later, full fledges governments.