Colonialism

Fill in the blank: Western knowledge is produced through a __________ that has relied on colonialism and imperialism.

Cultural archive

What is 'Cultural archive'?

A storehouse of histories, ideas, texts and images preserved and represented back to the west.

Fill in the blank: Colonialism is the physical practice of acquiring or __________ land in another country.

Occupying

What is imperialism?

A policy of extending a country's power and influence on another country.

Fill in the blank: Western knowledge production has material consequences for __________ people.

Indigenous

Define positivism in the context of research.

An approach suggesting that phenomena can be studied objectively, avoiding subjectivity.

What does Linda Smith advocate for regarding research for indigenous peoples?

Smith suggests that research for indigenous people should be anti-positivist.

Fill in the blank: Three examples of Western knowledge are race and gender, individual and society, and __________.

Time and space

How were racialized discourses justified in Western knowledge?

Through ideas about human reason, morality, and science.

Fill in the blank: Western knowledge about time and space positions them as distinct, relational and __________.

Measurable

What are the 'three concepts' that form a specific colonial vocabulary?

The line, the center, and the empty.

Who is Anne McClintock?

A writer on colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality.

What is 'Panoptical Time'?

An image of global history viewed from a privileged, linear perspective.

Define 'Anachronistic space'.

Space considered prehistoric and out of place in the historical timeline of modernity.

Fill in the blank: Colonialism and imperialism are driven by fear and __________.

Anxiety

What is Edward Said famously known for?

His work titled 'Orientalism'.

How does Said define 'Orientalism'?

A way of understanding the Orient based on its special place in the European experience.

Fill in the blank: The project of Orientalism emphasizes the relationship of power between the global __________ and the global __________.

East; West

What is the significance of critically examining concepts like time and space in this context?

To understand their underpinnings in imperialistic and colonial histories.

Fill in the blank: Power, violence, and control are ultimately about fear, anxiety, and __________.

Entitlement.