Decolonization
January 2019
Sections
Fanon & Africanists
Coloniality / Latin Americanists
Settler colonialism / Indigenists
Theory from the ground
Decolonizing art
Decolonizing the academy & other perspectives
Decolonizing ethnomusicology
- Fanon & Africanists
- Coloniality / Latin Americanists
- Settler colonialism / Indigenists
- Theory from the ground
- Decolonizing art
- Decolonizing the academy & other perspectives
- Decolonizing ethnomusicology
Fanon & Africanists
- Arendt, Hannah. (1970) 1972. “On Violence.” In Crises of the Republic, 105–98. San Diego, New York & London: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
- Fanon, Frantz. (1952) 2017. Black Skin, White Masks. Translated by Charles Lam Markmann. London: Pluto Books.
- ——— . (1961) 2004. The Wretched of the Earth. Translated by Richard Philcox. New York: Grove Press. “I. On Violence.”
- Gordon, Lewis R. 2015. What Fanon Said: A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought. New York: Fordham University Press. “8. Counseling the Damned.”
- Mamdani, Mahmood. 2012. Define and Rule: Native as Political Identity.Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press. Chapter 3, “Beyond Settlers and Natives: The Theory and Practice of Decolonization.”
- ———. (1996) 2018. Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press. Chapter 4, “Customary Law: The Theory of Decentralized Despotism.”
- Thiong’o, Ngũgĩ wa. 1986. Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. London: J. Currey.
Coloniality / Latin Americanists
- Cusicanqui, Silvia Rivera. 2012. “Ch’ixinakax Utxiwa: A Reflection on the Practices and Discourses of Decolonization.” South Atlantic Quarterly111 (1): 95–109.
- Dussel, Enrique. (1980) 1985. Philosophy of Liberation. Translated by Aquilina Martinez and Christine Morkovsky. Maryknoll: Orbis Books. Chapter 2, “From Phenomenology to Liberation.”
- Gaztambide-Fernández, Rubén. 2014. “Decolonial Options and Artistic/AestheSic Entanglements: An Interview with Walter Mignolo.” Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society3 (1): 196–212.
- Lugones, María. 2007. “Heterosexualism and the Colonial / Modern Gender System.” Hypatia22 (1): 186–209.
- ——— . 2008. “The Coloniality of Gender.” Worlds & Knowledges Otherwise2 (2): 1-17.
- ——— . 2010. “Toward a Decolonial Feminism.” Hypatia25 (4): 742–59.
- Mignolo, Walter D. 2007. “Delinking: The Rhetoric of Modernity, the Logic of Coloniality and the Grammar of de-Coloniality.” Cultural Studies21 (2–3): 449–514.
- ——— . 2018. “The Conceptual Triad: Modernity/Coloniality/Decoloniality.” In On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis, edited by Catherine E. Walsh and Catherine E. Walsh, 153–76. Durham: Duke University Press.
- Maldonado-Torres, Nelson. 2007. “On the Coloniality of Being.” Cultural Studies21 (2–3): 240–70.
- ——— . “Outline of Ten Theses on Coloniality and Decoloniality.” Fondation Frantz Fanon. October 26, 2016. http://frantzfanonfoundation- fondationfrantzfanon.com/article2360.html.
- Mendoza, Breny. 2016. “Coloniality of Gender and Power: From Postcoloniality to Decoloniality.” The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Theory, 100–118.
- Quijano, Aníbal. 2000. “Coloniality of Power, Eurocentrism, and Latin America.” Nepantla: Views from the South1(3): 533-580.
- Sandoval, Chela. 2000. Methodology of the Oppressed. Minneapolis & London: University of Minnesota Press. Chapters 4, “Semiotics and Languages of Emancipation”; 6, “Love as a Hermeneutics of Social Change, a Decolonizing Movida”; & “Conclusion: Differential Manifesto, Trans-Languages, and Global Oppositional Politics.”
- Walsh, Catherine E. 2018. “Insurgency and Decolonial Prospect, Praxis, and Project.” In On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis, edited by Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh, 33–56. Durham: Duke University Press.
Settler colonialism / Indigenists
- Alfred, Taiaiake. (1999) 2009. Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto. 2nd ed. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. “First Words” & “Sovereignty.”
- Arvin, Maile, Eve Tuck, and Angie Morrill. 2013. “Decolonizing Feminism: Challenging Connections between Settler Colonialism and Heteropatriarchy.” Feminist Formations25:1 (Spring), 8 - 34.
- Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth. 1997. “Who Stole Native Studies?” Wicazo Sa Review12, No. 1.
- Corntassel, J., Snelgrove, C &, Dhamoon, RK. 2014. “Unsettling settler colonialism: The discourse and politics of settlers, and solidarity with Indigenous nations.” Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society3/2: 1-32.
- Coulthard, Glen. 2007. “Subjects of Empire: Indigenous Peoples and the ‘Politics of Recognition’ in Canada.” Contemporary Political Theory6/4: 437-60.
- ——— . 2008. Review of Dale Turner, “This is Not A Peace Pipe: Toward a Critical Indigenous Philosophy.” University of Toronto Quarterly77/1: 164-166.
- ——— . 2014. Red Skin White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
- ——— . “Response.” Historical Materialism24 (3): 92–103.
- Davis, Lynne, Jeff Denis, and Raven Sinclair. 2017. “Pathways of Settler Decolonization.” Settler Colonial Studies7 (4): 393–97.
- Kulchyski, Peter. 2016. “Hunting Theories: Totalisation and Indigenous Resistances in Canada.” Historical Materialism24 (3): 30–44.
- LeFevre, Tate A. “Settler Colonialism.” Oxford Bibliographies. Last modified May 29, 2015.
- Lewis, Adam Gary. 2017. “Imagining Autonomy On Stolen Land: Settler Colonialism, Anarchism and the Possibilities of Decolonization?” Settler Colonial Studies7 (4): 474–95.
- Lyons, Scott Richard. 2010. X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent. Minneapolis & London: University of Minnesota Press. Chapter 3, “Nations and Nationalism Since 1492.”
- Segal, Daniel A., and Richard Handler. 1992. “How European Is Nationalism?” Social Analysis: The International Journal of Social and Cultural Practice32: 1–15.
- Simpson, Audra, and Andrea Smith. 2014. “Introduction.” In Theorizing Native Studies, edited by Audra Simpson and Andrea Smith, 10–30. Durham and London: Duke University Press.
- Simpson, Leanne. 2011. Dancing On Our Turtle’s Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence. Winnipeg: ARP Books. Chapters 2, “Theorizing Resurgence from within Nishnaabeg Thought;” 5, “Bubbling Like A Beating Heart: A Society of Presence;” & 6, “Resurgence In Our Political Relationships.”
- Tuck, E. & Yang, K.W. 2012. “Decolonization is not a Metaphor.” Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1), 1-40.
- Turner, Dale. 2006. This Is Not a Peace Pipe: Towards a Critical Indigenous Philosophy: Toronto, Buffalo, & London: University of Toronto Press. Chapter 5, “Toward a Critical Indigenous Philosophy.”
- Veracini, Lorenzo. “Introducing Settler Colonial Studies.” In “A Global Phenomenon.” Special issue, Settler Colonial Studies1, no. 1 (2011): 1–12. OR:
- Webber, Jeffrey T. 2016. “Idle No More: An Introduction to the Symposium on Glen Coulthard’s Red Skin, White Masks.” Historical Materialism24 (3): 3–29.
- Wolfe, Patrick, ed. Introduction. “Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Alternatives in Global Context (2): Recuperating Binarisms.” Special issue, Settler Colonial Studies3, nos. 3–4 (September 2013).
Theory from the ground
- AJ+ (Al Jazeera). How To Stop An Oil And Gas Pipeline: The Unist’oten Camp Resistance. Online Video. Nov 5, 2014. Accessed May 16 2017.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVxyLb1hJA
- Merriman, Cody Wedidi. 2019. Facebook Live video. January 9, 2019. https://www.facebook.com/c.t.merriman/videos/10161370413710008/.
- Stimulator. RCMP blocked from entering Unist’ot’en Camp. Online Video. July 26 2015. Accessed May 16 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg1nQMrqfLY
- SubMedia. The Oil Gateway. Online video, 2011. Accessed May 16 2017. https://sub.media/video/oil-gateway/
- ——— . The Action Camp. Online video, 2012. Accessed May 16 2017. https://sub.media/video/the-action-camp/
- Toledano, Michael. Chevron attempts to enter Unist’ot’en Camp. Online video, July 24, 2015. Accessed May 16 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuxdd97LQcg
Decolonizing art
- Martineau, Jarrett, and Eric Ritskes. 2014. “Fugitive Indigeneity : Reclaiming the Terrain of Decolonial Struggle through Indigenous Art.” Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society3 (1). University of Toronto: I–XII.
- Raibmon, Paige. 2000. “Theatres of contact: The Kwakwaka'wakw meet colonialism in British Columbia and at the Chicago World's Fair.” Canadian Historical Review81/2 : 157-90.
- Robinson, Dylan and Keavy Martin, eds. 2016. Arts of Engagement: Taking Aesthetic Action in and Beyond the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier Press.
Decolonizing the academy & other perspectives
- Ahmed, Sara. 2012. On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life. Durham: Duke University Press.
- Carlson, Elizabeth. 2017. “Anti-Colonial Methodologies and Practices for Settler Colonial Studies.” Settler Colonial Studies7 (4): 496–517.
- Corntassel, Jeff. 2011. “Indigenizing the Academy: Insurgent Education and the Roles of Inidgenous Intellectuals.” Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences / Fédération Des Sciences Humaines. January 12, 2011.http://www.ideas-idees.ca/blog/indigenizing-academy-insurgent-education-and-roles-indigenous-intellectuals.
- Diaz, Vicente M. 2016. “Understanding Universities as Colonial Institutions.” Walter Library, University of Minnesota, October 4, 2016.
- Grosfoguel, Ramón. 2011. “Decolonizing the University.” YouTube video, 30:39. Filmed at the Georg Simmel Zentrum, Humboldt University Berlin, October 26, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKgL92yqygk. Posted February 2012.
- Kovach, Margaret. 2009. Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts. Toronto, Buffalo, & London: University of Toronto Press.
- Mackenthun, Gesa. 1997. Metaphors of Dispossession: American Beginnings and Translation of Empire, 1492-1637. Norman and London: University of Oklahoma Press.
- Mohanty, Chandra Talpade. 2003. Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity. Durham: Duke University Press
- Sharma, Nandita. “Strategic Anti-Essentialism: Decolonizing Decolonization.” In Sylvia Wynter: On Being Human as Praxis, edited by Katherine McKittrick. Durham: Duke University Press, 2014, 164–182.
- Tuhiwai Smith, Linda. 1999. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. London: Zed Books.
- TallBear, Kim. 2014. “Standing With and Speaking as Faith: A Feminist-Indigenous Approach to Inquiry [Research note].” Journal of Research Practice, 10(2), 2014.
- Todd, Zoe. 2016. “An Indigenous Feminist’s Take On The Ontological Turn: ‘Ontology’ Is Just Another Word For Colonialism.” Journal of Historical Sociology29 (1): 4–22.
- West, Paige. 2016. “Teaching Decolonizing Methodologies.” Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology. Blog. https://savageminds.org/2016/07/25/teaching-decolonizing-methodologies/
- Walsh, Catherine E. 2018. “On Decolonial Dangers, Decolonial Cracks, and Decolonial Pedagogies Rising.” In On Decoloniality: Concepts, Analytics, Praxis, edited by Walter D. Mignolo and Catherine E. Walsh, 81–98. Durham: Duke University Press.
Decolonizing ethnomusicology
- Levitz, Tamara. 2017. “Decolonizing the Society for American Music.” The Bulletin of the Society for American MusicXLIII (3).http://www.american-music.org/publications/bulletin/2017/VolXLIII3-Fall2017.php#Decolonize.
- Gautier, Ana María Ochoa. 2014. Aurality: Listening and Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Colombia. Durham: Duke University Press. Introduction & Chapter 1, “On Howls & Pitches.”
- Santamaría-Delgado, Carolina. 2016. “The Bambuco, Hybrid Knowledges, and the Academy: A Historical Analysis of the Persistence of Coloniality in Latin American Musical Studies.” In A Latin American Music Reader: Views From The South, edited by Javier Léon and Helena Simonett, 194–214. Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield: University of Illinois Press
- Sardo, Susan. 2018. “Shared Research Practices On and About Music: Toward Decolonising Colonial Ethnomusicology.” In Making Music, Making Society, edited by Josep Martí and Sara Revilla Gútiez, 217–38. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.