Coloniality of knowledge

Coloniality of knowledge be a concept wey Peruvian sociologist Anibal Quijano develop wey he adapt to contemporary decolonial thinking. De concept dey critique wat proponents call de Eurocentric system of knowledge, wey dem dey argue de legacy of colonialism dey survive within de domains of knowledge. For decolonial scholars, de coloniality of knowledge be central to de functioning of de coloniality of power wey e be responsible for turning colonial subjects into victims of de coloniality of being, a term wey dey refer to de lived experiences of colonized peoples.

 Origin and development 
Fregoso Bailón den De Lissovoy dey argue say Hatuey, a Taíno warrior wey komot La Española (wich dey contain Haiti den de Dominican Republic), na dem be among de first to recognize "Western knowledge as a colonial discourse". Wey Hatuey inspire, na Antonio de Montesinos begin ein career as an educator insyd 1511, teaching Bartolomé de las Casas critical thinking.

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 Mignolo, Walter (2005). "The Idea of Latin America". Blackwell Publishing: 152. ISBN 978-1-405-10085-4.




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 External links 
 Coloniality of Knowledge — University of Rostock
 What Fundamentally is Coloniality of Knowledge? — The Sunday News
 Giving testimony and the coloniality of knowledge — International Association for Women Philosophers
Category:Postcolonialism
Category:Decolonization
Category:Critical theory