INTD 398

1. According to Jasmine Cumetti, what is the best way to introduce decoloniality work

• 1. Open spaces to learn about those influenced most by colonization 

• 1. Begin with the “unlearning” component of the Framework. 

• 1. Remain open to change

• 1. Commit to decoloniality as an ongoing process 

What does settler colonialism truly aim for? 

• To claim sovereignty over all aspects of their new territory making Indigenous land their new source of capital and “home”

• 1. To engage in excess labor to produce more wealth and capital

• 1. Selective expropriation

• 1. To reconstruct Indigenous life and land

Which example leads to the understanding of internal colonialism?

• 1. Exploiting Indigenous resources and people for the personal and communal gain of colonizers

• 1. Controlling and directing individuals and resources in terms of the nation 

• 1. Engaging foreign resources and engaging in war front lines to execute military operations 

• 1. Promising integration and civil rights in contexts regarding settlers 

What is the message that American Literature continued to convey in the late 19th century?

• 1. The desire to decolonise society

• 1. The desire to erase Indigenous peoples from the land 

• 1. The desire to be Indigenous

• 1. b. and c. only 

1. What is the difference between decolonization and decoloniality?

• 1. Decolonization and decoloniality are the same word, just different tenses and can be used interchangeably

• 1. Decolonization is when colonization no longer exist while decoloniality is a eurocentric term

• 1. Decolonization is the school of thought of undoing of colonial oppression, relearning the knowledge that has been pushed aside vs Decoloniality refers to the physical, political shift of power between colonization and formerly colonized 

• 1. Decolonization refers to the physical, political shift of power between colonization and formerly colonized  while Decoloniality is the school of thought of undoing of colonial oppression, relearning the knowledge that has been pushed aside

1. Why is decolonization not a metaphor?

• 1. Using the term decolonization without having Indigenous reparations does more for white settlers than Indigenous people themselves

• 1. Eve Tuck & K. Wayne Yang actually said that it is a metaphor 

• 1. Terms like third world decolonization and transnational is not a metaphor for decolonization.

• It is the triad of powers described in the reading that makes its not a metaphor