The Complexity of Decolonization

The term decolonization was coined to describe the process by which indigenous peoples achieved independence and self-determination from European empires. Since the 1980s it's become kind of inflated as a concept to describe a lot of other things, say decolonizing curricula or decolonizing universities. This isn't, we're not talking here about establishing nation states right, we're talking about kind of increasing diverse voices and voices from the global south or from marginalized communities. But in the book I'm trying to say that you know I do use the term decolonized in the former sense referring to indigenous self-determination because you know I still think that process is something that is quite distinct.