ANTH 4730 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Walter Mignolo, Transculturalism, Conditionality
13 Aug 2016
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The central theme of this week readings seems to be how postcolonialism and colonialism is constructed through space. The different readings covered aspect about identity, culture, language and how it is bounded in space and shaped by different colonial and postcolonial experiences. Space does play an important part in recognition to how we think about ourselves and perceive others. This is what walter d. mignolo emphasized in his essay human understanding and (latin) american interests the. Politics and sensibilities of geohistorical locations. mingolo argues that the idea of modernity is inscribed within the western countries, primarily england. The british have always perceived them as the epitome of what being modern is and therefore considered every other culture to be barbaric. This is also considered one of the driving forces for colonialization. Daschuk talks about space in relation to aboriginal and their systematic removal from the canadian territory and onto the reserves.
