Decolonization

Decolonization (American and Oxford English) or decolonisation (other British English) is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby a nation establishes and maintains its domination of foreign territories (often overseas territories). The concept particularly applies to the dismantlement, during the second half of the 20th century, of the colonial empires established prior to World War I throughout the world. Some scholars of decolonization focus especially on the movements in the colonies demanding independence, such as Creole nationalism.The end-result of successful decolonization may equate to a form of Indigenous utopianism – given the widespread nature of colonialism, neo-colonialism, …

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Yellowhead Institute · 4 December 2024 English

Jason Akearok examines the complexities conceptualizations of economic activity to shift the of sheries' rights, highlighting the challenges and narrative and drive toward signicant change in the opportunities for sustainable …

Enjoyment is such a huge part of we give them. decolonization because it means you have sovereignty over


WHO: World Health Organization · 3 December 2024 English

vi, 32 p.

efforts by Māori advocates) through ongoing decolonization efforts plus the increasing influence of Te


Yellowhead Institute · 28 November 2024 English

It’s that ability KUNUK: Can you talk to tell stories, that a little bit about your ability to be on the work in that context, the land and hunt, that …

Enjoyment is such a huge part of we give them. decolonization because it means you have sovereignty over



UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 22 November 2024 English

Sahara and the Arab world; the process of decolonization and the accession to independence of the new


Policy Press · 22 November 2024 English

Peter Squires and Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti, editors of 'Southern and Postcolonial Perspectives on Policing, Security and Social Order', examine the emerging ‘southern’ and postcolonial challenges to conventional criminology, specifically the …


UN: The United Nations · 22 November 2024 English

6 p.

Seventy-ninth session Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) Proposals in the reports of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) for consideration XVI Dissemination of information on decolonization A/79/23, chap. XIII, draft resolution XVIII and timetable of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) for the eightieth


JLI: Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities · 18 November 2024 English

The local turn in peacebuilding studies represents an explicit and important attempt to transform both the research on and the practice of international peacebuilding with the aim of incorporating views, …

Identifying the Enabling Possibilities from Decolonization and Indigenization Discourses” in Indigenous


UN: The United Nations · 15 November 2024 Arabic

2 p. : chiefly tables


UN: The United Nations · 15 November 2024 English

2 p. : chiefly tables

Seventy-ninth session Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) Agenda item


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