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Aug 2022
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The Colonial Lens: Analyzing Decolonizat...

Marshall Poe
About this episode

Scholars want to decolonize everything, and universities say they are doing the hard work of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. But is anything really being done, or is it all for show?

In this episode, we approach these questions through three words that are common inside and outside of academia: decolonize, reconciliation, and colonialism.

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