Carian mengenai topik colonialism

Every year, we celebrate Merdeka, Malaya’s independence day, at the end of August, marking the start of what we now refer to as a post-colonial era. But is colonialism truly a thing of the past in Malaysia? How do colonial legacies continue to influence our collective consciousness, and what it means to break free from these mental shackles? On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Professor Alberto Gomes, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. He is also the Global Director of DEEP Network, an academic collective that advocates for peace education.

Human history is replete with examples of conquest, of expansion of empire, and the claiming of vast territories.

It was agreed that Israel is a settler-colonial project, hence the brutal crackdown on any Palestinian resistance.

Colonialism, foreign or domestic, always aims to extract resources in colonialists' narrow interests but not the nation.

The fight against French colonialism, to the American war against North Vietnam to tensions with their giant neighbour China to the north shaped a generation of Vietnamese artists. We speak to Tran Luong, visual artist and independent curator from Hanoi.

India celebrates its 70th Independence Day of August 15, 2016 to celebrate its independence from British colonialism in 1947.

Even a great and powerful nation had to fight for independence from colonialism.