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(An)Other Canada is Possible: Rethinking Canada's Colonial Legacy
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The authors interrogate the geo-political power negotiations that contributed to the ideological construction of Canada as a nation. This article focuses especially on the connection with the Western European colonial projects in the Americas initiated over 500 years ago, along the lines of Latin American decolonial thinkers. The myth of Canada as a benign, welcoming, generous, peace-keeping, multicultural nation and society is unsanitized and dismantled. Canada's history is resituated in relation to the ideological organization of the world according to racialized, classist, and cultural Eurocentric colonial indicators, which have contributed to the historical realities of impoverishment, violent exploitation, racialized discrimination, and cultural genocide throughout the Americas.
Key words: Decolonizing, Canada, Multiculturalism, Decolonial Thinking, Racism, Colonial Desire
Los autores interrogan las negociaciones del poder geopolítico que contribuyeron a la construcción ideológica de Canadá como nación. Este artículo enfoca particularmente en la conexión con los proyectos coloniales de Europa Occidental en las Américas iniciados hace más de 500 años, en la línea de los pensadores decoloniales latinoamericanos. Se interroga y desconstruye el mito de Canadá como nación benigna, acogedora, generosa, pacificadora y multicultural. La historia de Canadá está resituada en relación con la organización ideológica del mundo según los indicadores coloniales de racialización, clase, y eurocentrismo epistemológico que han contribuido a las realidades históricas del empobrecimiento, la explotación violenta, la discriminación racial y el genocidio cultural en todas las Américas
Key words: Decolonizacion, Canadá, Multiculturalismo, Pensamiento Decolonial, Racism, Deseo Colonial.
Os autores questionam as negociações do poder geopolítico que contribuíram para a construção ideológica do Canadá como nação. Este artigo enfoca especialmente a conexão com os projetos coloniais da Europa Ocidental nas Américas, iniciados há mais de 500 anos, na linha de pensadores decoloniais latino-americanos. Questiona e desconstrói o mito do Canadá como nação benéfica, acolhedora, generosa, pacificadora e multicultural. A história do Canadá é ressituada em relação à organização ideológica do mundo de acordo com os indicadores coloniais de racialização, classe e eurocentrismo epistemológico que contribuíram para as realidades históricas do empobrecimento, da exploração violenta, da discriminação racial e do genocídio cultural em todas as Américas.
Palavras-chave: descolonização, Canadá, multiculturalismo, pensamento decolonial, racismo, desejo colonial
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