Decolonization: Exploring a term, concept and vision for the future

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Decolonization:
Exploring
a
term,
concept,
and
vision
for
the
future
Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society is calling for submissions that inspire,
provoke, and contest definitions of “decolonization”, with consideration of how
decolonization intersects with Indigeneity and education in our world today. The purpose of
this conceptual issue is to push the boundaries of decolonization theory and practice, while
lending specificity to a term, concept, and vision that is too often taken-for-granted. What
does “decolonization” mean to you? What does it mean to the various Indigenous
communities, who span equally varied social, political and geographic contexts, and are
fighting to realize a decolonized future? If we take seriously the notion that “decolonization
has no synonym” (Tuck & Wang, Sept 2012 issue), then this issue hopes to attract
scholarship that takes the risk of trying to identify the features of this unique term, concept,
and vision for the future. Possible topics might address:
-­‐ What are some of the practical and theoretical considerations when conceptualizing
decolonization theory and practice?
-­‐ What are the features of “decolonization education”? Is it, in fact, possible to
“decolonize the academy”?
-­‐ How do definitions of decolonization change over time and space?
-­‐ How do different bodies and histories become differently situated in the
decolonizing process? Who is able to decolonize?
-­‐ How is decolonization conceptualized and practically practiced across borders?
How does this reconfigure or reinforce these borders?
-­‐ What are the implications and outcomes of a decolonized future for Indigenous
peoples, land, spirit etc.?
Articles are to be submitted at www.decolonization.org no later than November 23rd, 2012.
Articles submitted after this date will not be considered. Selected articles will be published
in our March 2013 issue.
Articles should follow our journal style guidelines, which can be found here. Scholarly
articles are subject to a double-blind peer review and details can be found here. We also
encourage other submissions, such as poetry, video, and visual art that touch on these
subjects.
Decolonization is also, at this time, putting out a call and accepting general submissions
beyond this specific CFP. If you have a submission that fits our general goals and
guidelines, please feel free to submit it for review and publication.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at
editors@decolonization.org