As a movement to establish independence for colonized territories from their respective metropoles, decolonization began in 1775 in North America. Major waves of decolonization occurred in the aftermath of the First World War and most prominently after …

2024年12月27日 · Decolonization, process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country. Decolonization was gradual and peaceful for some British colonies largely settled by expatriates but violent for others, where native rebellions were …

Decolonization can refer to a country achieving independence (like India did from the British Empire), but it can also refer to “decolonizing” spaces and institutions from the cultural and social impacts of colonization.

Decolonization could be understood as “taking away the colonial” but this raises the question of what colonial means. Colonization involves one group taking control of the lands, resources, languages, cultures, and relationships of another group.

2020年6月22日 · The activist group Decolonize this Place protesting in New York City, January 31,2020. shutterstock.com Another word that is useful in understanding decolonisation is “neocolonial”.

The wave of decolonization, which changed the face of the planet, was born with the UN and represents the world body’s first great success. As a result of decolonization many Territories became...

Decolonisation refers to the process of undoing colonisation, where a colonised nation gains political, social, and cultural independence ...

Decolonization refers to the undoing of colonialism, the establishment of governance or authority through the creation of settlements by another country or jurisdiction.

2023年2月14日 · This period of revolutionary fervor—also known as the era of decolonization—fundamentally reshaped the world. Millions of formerly disenfranchised people voted for the first time, and new,...

2022年12月15日 · Decolonize! What does it mean? This document introduces the key concepts of decolonial theory that inform many current calls to decolonize. It provides examples from Latin America, Africa, and North America of how activists have …