Decolonization: Towards a Middle Ground

Sindre Bangstad

doi:10.7557/13.8378

Forfattere

Sindre Bangstad Institute for Church, Religion, and Worldview Research https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5537-1218

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/13.8378

Emneord (Nøkkelord):

Avkolonisering, dekolonialitet, antikolonialisme, #RhodesMustFall, Sør-Afrika

Sammendrag

Avkolonisering har vært et slags moteord i en rekke akademiske disipliner så vel som i aktivisme de siste årene. I sin opprinnelige oppfatning refererer det til den formelle slutten på kolonistyret og politisk suverenitet, men begrepet kan ikke reduseres til dette... Det er imidlertid et avgjørende skille mellom (a) avkolonisering og (b) dekolonialitet. Caset jeg vil bruke her er #RhodesMustFall-bevegelsen i Sør-Afrika i 2015–16. Jeg argumenterer for sentraliteten i å studere oppfordringer til avkolonisering, og spørsmålet om hvem som mobiliserer seg rundt oppfordringer til avkolonisering og deres tilhørende konsepter, og for hvilke formål de gjør det. I tråd med Mbembe (2016, 2019, 2020) argumenterer jeg for et produktivt engasjement med, snarere enn en fullstendig fordømmelse av, oppfordringer til å «avkolonisere» og av avkoloniserende og/eller dekolonial litteratur. Jeg identifiserer dette som en «mellomvei» for dekolonisering.

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