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Decolonization Is Not a Metaphor

Paper Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang Theory 2012

The essay that polices this whole space: decolonization means the repatriation of Indigenous land and life, not a metaphor for improving institutions — and the “moves to innocence” by which settler projects absorb the critique while keeping the land. Cited repeatedly across our external reviews as the standard our reflexivity sections are tested against. In the Library so the test is on our own shelf.

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Also see Four Socially Sanctioned Denials.

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