单词	decolonize
释义	decolonize verb de·​col·​o·​nize (ˌ)dē-ˈkä-lə-ˌnīz  variants also British decolonise decolonized; decolonizing; decolonizes transitive verb 1 : to free (a people or area) from colonial status : to relinquish control of (a subjugated people or area) the year the country was decolonized The country faces international pressure to decolonize the territory. 2 : to free from the dominating influence of a colonizing power especially : to identify, challenge, and revise or replace assumptions, ideas, values, and practices that reflect a colonizer's dominating influence and especially a Eurocentric dominating influence To decolonise and not just diversify curriculums is to recognise that knowledge is inevitably marked by power relations. … A decolonised curriculum would bring questions of class, caste, race, gender, ability and sexuality into dialogue with each other, instead of pretending that there is some kind of generic identity we all share. Priyamvada Gopal Per a statement, staff [at the University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum] have removed a total of 120 human remains from display, moving them to storage as part of a museum-wide effort to decolonize the Pitt Rivers' collections. Nora McGreevy Decolonizing science will also involve encouraging Western institutions that hold imperial scientific collections to reflect more on the violent political contexts of war and colonization in which these items were acquired. An obvious step forward would be to discuss repatriating scientific specimens to former colonies, as botanists working on plants originally from Angola but held primarily in Europe have done. Rohan Deb Roy Decolonizing my mind has been a continual process of rethinking the values that guide my actions. It's emotional, intellectual and spiritual labor that involves centering myself as an African-American woman and not allowing my entire existence to be a performance tailored for the white, cisgender male gaze … JerVae (Jae Anthony) Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web To wit, a recent course program aimed to decolonize art history. New York Times, 9 July 2022 More initiatives of this kind are essential if calls to decolonize knowledge are to become more than comforting blandishments. Phil Clark, Quartz, 30 May 2022 That means that in order to decolonize affirmation, there must be a sense of homecoming. Shayna Conde, Allure, 28 Feb. 2022 In the second part, which takes place 100 years later, an art student causes a small uproar while trying to decolonize her university through a performance that draws parallels between historical and contemporary colonial exploitation. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 Feb. 2022 Marie is also now working to transform and decolonize the mental health industry at large. Ashley Simpson, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 June 2021 My work is an attempt to decolonize art history and challenge preconceived ideas about Indigenous people and our sexuality, and to create paintings that explore the missing narratives that were never depicted in the art history of this continent. New York Times, 23 Apr. 2021 Erica Jasmine Moon is a fitness instructor on the path to further decolonize the wellness space. Michella Oré, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2020 Per a statement, staff have removed a total of 120 human remains from display, moving them to storage as part of a museum-wide effort to decolonize the Pitt Rivers’ collections. Nora Mcgreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1851, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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