Eurocentrism and Coloniality of Knowledge in Contemporary Contexts
By Yasmin Carpenter Coloniality of knowledge is not a relic of the past — it is the invisible architecture that continues to shape how the world defines truth, reason, and intellectual value. While formal colonialism ended, the hierarchies of knowledge and ways of knowing it created persist in the institutions that regulate knowledge production today: […]
Coloniality of Being and the Dehumanization of the Subaltern
By Yasmin Carpenter The concept of coloniality of being deepens the decolonial critique by addressing the ontological dimension of colonial domination — the ways in which colonialism not only organized power and knowledge but also shaped who counts as fully human. If the coloniality of power orders the world through hierarchies of race and labor, […]
Coloniality of Knowledge and Coloniality of Power
By Yasmin Carpenter The notions of coloniality of knowledge and coloniality of power are among the most influential contributions of Latin American decolonial thought. Developed by Aníbal Quijano and expanded by Walter Mignolo, Ramón Grosfoguel, and others, they describe how colonial domination operates not only through political and economic control but also through the control […]
Colonialism, coloniality and decoloniality
By Yasmin Carpenter The concepts of colonialism, coloniality, and decoloniality describe a historical and epistemic continuum that links past empires to present global hierarchies of power and knowledge. While colonialism refers to the formal systems of domination established through conquest, occupation, and empire, coloniality designates the endurance of those logics long after colonial administrations have […]
Photography and Colonialism
By Shikha Photographs are often seen as representing reality; especially historical photographs are thought of as authentic glimpses of the past. James Borchert, writing in the 1980s, challenged the objectivity of photographs and highlighted the significance of analysing them within the context of their subjectivities and the larger socio-political and cultural systems in which they […]
Rooted Resistance in Palestine
Rooted Resistance: The Palestinian Fallah “The fallah [peasant] is a master tuner; he coordinates his living with the land, plants and climate.” – Abu-Nedal The semi-arid lands of the Levant cradle a deep connection between people and their environment. This bond is particularly resilient in Palestine, where generations of farmers, known as fellahin, have cultivated […]
Puerto Rico’s Pursuit of Colonial Reparations: A Path to Justice and Economic Revival
By: Javier A. Hernandez For decades, the issue of colonial reparations for Puerto Rico has persisted, recently gaining renewed interest among decolonization advocates. The United States owes Puerto Rico reparations for 125 years of colonization, human rights violations, and economic exploitation. Renowned legal scholars assert that international law supports Puerto Rico’s right to reparations based […]
“Realistic” Island Environments: The Case of the Mariana Islands
FROM THE SERIES: Ecologies of War “white mesa burden” by Teresa Montoya, 2021. A young boy plays by the shore on the island of Saipan while United States military cargo ships dot the horizon. Maritime Prepositioning Ships Squadron Three (MPSRON 3) is a constant presence in the waters and anchors four to five ships off […]
