Latin American Decolonial Thought, or Making the Subaltern Speak

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Article de revue
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Latin American Decolonial Thought, or Making the Subaltern Speak
Résumé
The Modernity/Coloniality/Decoloniality (MCD) research program is a collective project associated with Latin America. In addition to a critique of Eurocentric “colonial modernity,” the project highlights non-Eurocentric forms of knowing and being in the world. It also aims to foster alternative or decolonial thinking emerging from the lived colonial experiences of those situated “outside” Europe. This last is what MCD proponents claim differentiates it from postcolonial critiques of modernity with their emphasis on deconstruction. This review provides a brief but critical overview of the MCD project's parameters and claims. It makes a cautionary call to those tempted by “alternatives to modernity,” who might want to uncritically adopt alternative decolonial thinking. It concludes with a call for a closer and critical engagement with Latin American decolonial ideas and those they contest.
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Geography Compass
Volume
7
Numéro
12
Date
2013
Langue
Anglais
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Wiley Online Library
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© 2013 The Author(s). Geography Compass © 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Asher, K. (2013). Latin American Decolonial Thought, or Making the Subaltern Speak. Geography Compass, 7(12). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12102
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