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Colonialism in Context: An Aymara Reassessment of ‘Colonialism’,‘Coloniality’ and the ‘Postcolonial World’”

Author

  • Anders Burman

Summary, in English

This article examines how Colonialism — as a cosmologically

informed process of profound existential and political implications — is understood, experienced and conceptualized by Aymara shaman activists. By contextualizing the term Colonialism this article reassesses not only the supposed postcolonial nature of the world, but also the distinctions between colonialism and coloniality.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

117-129

Publication/Series

Kult

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Department of Culture and Identity, Roskilde University

Topic

  • Social and Economic Geography

Keywords

  • Colonialism
  • coloniality
  • decolonization
  • Aymara
  • Bolivia
  • activism
  • shamanism

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1904-1594