Creatio Continua ‘All the Way Down’: A Post-Colonial, Planetary Understanding of Continuing Creation

2009 ◽  
pp. 166-194
Keyword(s):  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Way

Queering America: Joy Harjo’s Vision of Radical Contingency

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Burbick
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Way

Joan Burbick reads Jay Harjo from a queering as well as post-colonial perspective, analyzing the way in which normative discourses of social cohesion are questioned and re-formulated from the vantage point of Native American categories such as the berdache. Harjo's vision promotes radical contingency and a seemingly spiritual notion of transference.

scholarly journals Africa, the Sweet Home of Roots or the Dark Continent of Primitiveness?: Alice Walker’s Africa in The Color Purple

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Lei Sun ◽  
Xiangyong Kong
Keyword(s):  
Alice Walker ◽  
African Continent ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Color Purple ◽  
Dark Continent ◽  
Color Purple ◽  
The Way

With the detection from the post-colonial perspective, there is a certain amount of truth in the statement that Alice Walker’s The Color Purple sometimes reveals Eurocentric ideology, even though she overtly makes efforts for Africa and Africans. The way in which she delineates Nettie’s missionary job in Olinka, confirms habitual Western suspicions about equality between Europe and Africa. With the reexamination of the depiction about the African continent Nettie sketches out, additionally, we might notice Walker’s intention of setting up Africa as a foil to Europe, to some extent, echoes Said’s orientalist discourse.

scholarly journals The Sociology of Religion in a Post-Colonial Era: Towards Theoretical Reflexivity

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18
Author(s):  
James Spickard
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Sociology Of Religion ◽  
Scientific Process ◽  
Colonial Era ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Cultural Origins ◽  
Do So ◽  
The Way

This article makes two points. First, it argues that sociology, like all knowledge, is shaped, though not determined, by its historical-cultural origins. Early sociology arose in 19th-century Europe and its core concepts were shaped by that era—both in what they reveal about society and what they hide. We now realize this, so we sociologists of religion need to examine our inherited concepts to understand those concepts’ limitations. We also need to include an analysis of the way the current historical-cultural situation shapes sociology today. This is the theoretical reflexivity called for in the title. Second, the article argues that expanding sociology’s conceptual canon to include insights from other historical-cultural locations is more than just an ethical matter. It is also epistemological. Sociology does not make progress unless it includes insights from as many standpoints as possible. This does not mean that all insights are equal. It does mean that all have the potential to improve sociological understanding. Whether or not they actually do so is a matter for the scientific process to decide.

scholarly journals The dynamics of ‘civilised’ sovereignty: colonial frontiers and performative discourses of civilisation and savagery

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 468-487
Author(s):  
Xavier Mathieu
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Complete Account ◽  
The Way

Critical and post-colonial scholars have argued that a more complete account of sovereignty necessitates an exploration of the colonial experiences through which Western civilised identity was forged. But the way these ‘distant’ encounters were used in (and interacted with) the process of claiming sovereignty domestically has received less attention. This is surprising as critical scholars have revealed the existence of strong similarities between the domestic and international constructions of sovereignty (and in particular the necessary performance of a savage Other) and have emphasised how sovereignty transcends the domestic/international frontier and provides a crucial link between the two. As a response, this article develops an analysis of the construction of sovereignty that combines both the domestic and international colonial frontiers on which ‘civilised’ sovereignty relies. I use a large set of primary archives about France in the sixteenth century in order to explore how sovereignty depends on unstable colonial frontiers, that is, differentiations between the civilised and the savage, that are constantly contested and re-established. Combining the domestic and international colonial frontiers reveals how they interact and are used in order to reinforce the civilised identity of the Western ruler.

Chiefs, elders, and traditional authority

2020 ◽  
pp. 296-309
Author(s):  
Michelle Osborn
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Traditional Authority ◽  
Colonial State ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Historical Processes ◽  
State Bureaucracy ◽  
Provincial Administration ◽  
Ordinary Citizens ◽  
The Way

For over a century, Kenya’s chiefs have served as central figures in the formation and implementation of state bureaucracy. Inextricably linked with the colonial and post-colonial state, Kenya’s chiefs are not representative of traditional forms of authority in the way that elders may be said to be, but are rather an embodiment of the state’s bureaucratic apparatus. As a key component of Kenyan bureaucracy through their position in provincial administration, chiefs have played a central role in the implementation of policies, the provision of order, and mobilization of political support. They act as an integral link between the state and ordinary citizens. While chiefs have obtained their right to govern through the state, their power has nevertheless waxed and waned over the years, as they have had to continuously negotiate legitimacy within a pluralistic landscape of locally recognized authorities. This chapter discusses chiefs’ authority in Kenya and the change and continuity of historical processes, which have created, reinforced, and challenged their position and role.

scholarly journals ART AS A CULTURAL INSTRUMENT: THE ROLE OF ACEHNESE ART IN RESOLVING HORIZONTAL CONFLICT

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Saifuddin Dhuhri
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Collective Consciousness ◽  
Great Role ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Heated Debate ◽  
The Way

This article begins with explaining the present problems of Acehnese cultural identity, then articulating how the art is usefully employed to solve those difficulties. Relying on post-colonial theories, I formulate the framework that Acehnese art has significant position to handling current cultural problem of Acehnese society. This work offers a cultural resolution of Acehnese present conflict between traditionalist and modernist Muslims, which are represented by Dayah and Muhammadiyah community in Aceh. It is commonly known that Islam is the pride of the Acehnese. To date, there is, however, no certainty about the nature of Islam in Aceh, as heated debate still exists between traditionalist and modernist Muslims upon the nature of Sharia application in the place. This dispute has generated different extreme perspectives upon seeing themselves in the way to treat their cultural identity. Here we establishes that Acehnese art plays great role in bringing togetherness to different groups of Acehnese society, which results in resolving horizontal conflict of Acehnese society. It shows that Acehnese art accommodates to all of different ness of Acehnese communities and, therefore, raises Acehnese collective consciousness.

scholarly journals Otherness and identity in Tabu from Miguel Gomes

2016 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 331-350
Author(s):  
Ana Cristina Pereira
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Multimodal Analysis ◽  
Racial Representations ◽  
Semiotic Approach ◽  
War For Independence ◽  
Portuguese Society ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Over Time ◽  
The Way

Portuguese national identity has been constructed over time, across various media, including the cinema, in contrast to the identity of an African “other”, who is simultaneously close and distant, an heir and a challenger, an object of seduction and repulsion. These dualities are reflected in Miguel Gomes’ Tabu (2012), which reifies and questions various representations. It is a post-colonial film which reflects about the way how stereotypes and social and “racial” representations created during colonialism have repercussions on present-day Portuguese society. The film offers a critical vision of a certain Portuguese elite in Africa and the manner in which this elite experienced the War for Independence, confronting this period in Portuguese history with the present day.The director’s filmic discourse is analysed using a multimodal semiotic approach: an analysis of Tabu, taking into account the processes of categorisation, either in terms of inclusion or exclusion. The texts present a dialogic interpretation of semiotic resources, such as rhythm, composition, informal linking and dialogues. The goal of this multimodal analysis is to understand the representation of the African “other” in the film and how Portuguese identity is constructed in the relationship to this other.

scholarly journals Sound migrations in Portuguese: cultural representations of the portuguese diaspora in the brazilian radio

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 129-147
Author(s):  
Teresa Alves
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Migrant Communities ◽  
Sound Media ◽  
The Way

Portuguese language is a multiple sounds language. Regarding the different possible accents, Portuguese-speaking way seems to be one of the language’s most relevant characteristics. Radio, as a sound media, is able to represent this diversity. There are several radio shows produced towards the Portuguese culture diaspora. In this paper, we will analyse radio shows produced in Brazil for the Portuguese diaspora: strategic differential, representation ability and the way they relate to diaspora and migrant communities. Looking at Portugal and Brazil as case-studies, we will reflect on post-colonial relationships between the two countries, based on radio as a medium able to undertake the decolonial turn.

scholarly journals The Effect of Genderism on the Process and the Product of Translation

2022 ◽  
Vol 0 (45) ◽  
pp. 53-83
Author(s):  
Anas Kh. Ibraheem ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Bias Effect ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Feminist Movements ◽  
The Way

Many studies have been made and still concerning the field of translation. Since the mid-90's a considerable amount of researches has tackled the problem of gender and its effect on the process and the product of translation. Simon (1996, p 508) points out that when comparing women and men as translators and writers through history, women seem to be the weaker side. This paves the way to feminist movements which produce prominent studies concerning gender as a concept and translator's gender as practice on the quality and the accuracy of the translation. Flotow (in Meschia, 2012, p 1-4) outlines several issues that can be examined concerning gender and translation, these are historical studies, theoretical contemplations, translator's identity, post-colonial questions, and cultural questions. This research deals with two aspects of identity, i.e. gender: the gender of the translator (and its effect on the translation if there is any) and the gender of the evaluator of the translated text (and its effect if there is any). The aim of this paper is to find out whether there is any negative influence of the identity on the process and the product of translation. For this purpose, 40 students from the Department of Translation at Al-Ma'moon College University, in addition to 20 postgraduate, have been asked to assess and analyze through a questionnaire (that tackles the identity of both translator and evaluator) and an assessment of Shakespeare's Sonnet (no. 18) and four translated versions of it. The study remarkably shows that the gender-bias effect of the identity of the translator and the evaluator have an influence on students with 12.5% for undergraduate and 5% for postgraduate students. The majority of 87.5% and 95% believe that gender does not affect. This proves the research's hypothesis that there is a difference in the language of the two genders, yet it will not affect the gender of both of the translator and the evaluator.

The Way It's Going

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Brian Charles Charest
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Policy Paradigm ◽  
The Us ◽  
Colonial Theory ◽  
Standardized Examinations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

In this chapter the author argues that those concerned with the “the way it's going” in public education can learn much from post-colonial theory about the relationship between education research and assessment technologies and education reform policy, curriculum development, and knowledge formation. The author argues that current neoliberal education reform in the US can best be understood through the frame of neocolonialism, where schools and communities take the shape of internal colonies, where teachers, students, and parents have little or no say about the technologies, curricula, and standardized examinations foisted upon them. Education research that supports the current policy paradigm largely benefits researchers, corporations, and policy makers, while ignoring the effects of such policies on students, teachers, and local communities. Such practices, the author suggests, are rooted in a type of colonial thinking and acting that have been rearticulated through the prevailing logic of neoliberalism.

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