POL381H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Rhodes Must Fall, Frantz Fanon, Eurocentrism
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Decolonizing the university: new directions. arts and humanities in higher. Education: an international journal of theory, research and practice, 15(1), pp. 29 45. History is not the same thing as memory. Memory is the way in which we put history to rest. Intellectual life can be dependent upon the space in which conversations take place - this makes decolonizing buildings relevant. Higher education has been turned into a marketable product. Obsessive concern with periodic and quantitative assessment of university functioning. Less invested in learning for sake of learning. Care about material payoff of a degree (how much they will make when they graduate) De-racialization of institutions and culture within south africa. Attributes truth only to western way of knowledge production. Tries to portray colonialism as a normal form of social relations between human beings, rather than a system of exploitation, oppression. Hegemonic system that has developed frames that are difficult to escape.
