Revisiting postcolonial theory: Continuities and departures in the twenty-first century

Kalua, Fetson

doi:10.1080/10131752.2014.909004

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“…Postcolonialism is thus about dealing with the legacy of colonialism (Kalua 2014). The word "postcolonial" is used in research as a "context to denote the continuous struggle of non-Western societies that suffered European colonisation, indigenous peoples, and historically marginalised groups to resist suppression of their ways of knowing and the globalisation of knowledge, reaffirming that Western knowledge is the only legitimate knowledge" (Chillisa 2012, 12).…”

Section: Decolonisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decolonising Social Work Research with Families Experiencing Intergenerational Trauma

Hoosain

2018

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This article focuses on social work research with displaced families in the Western Cape, South Africa, who have experienced both the historical trauma of their slave past and the trauma of displacement during apartheid. In a similar context, aboriginal academic writers have found that initial studies of intergenerational trauma did not take into account the historical ordeal of colonialism which they believe has left its mark on aboriginal communities today. Intergenerational trauma has also been based on research with holocaust survivors. For this research paper, a postcolonial indigenous research paradigm was implemented owing to the colonial history of Cape Town. Collective narrative practice and participatory learning action techniques were used to decolonise the theoretical and methodological approach. Foucault’s counter-memories and counter-histories were applied to critically engage with the research findings to include the “unofficial” stories of slave descendants in social work discourse where these stories have largely been ignored.

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Section: Decolonisationmentioning

confidence: 99%