Postcolonial Space

In this brief episode I talk about Imran Khan’s absurd statement that Trump “lost because of COVID-19.” I find this statement overly simplistic and insulting to millions of Americans who voted to oust Trump from power.

Just some spontaneous thoughts about the world we live in.

What Does Being Radical Mean?| Paulo Freire| Critical Pedagogy

This brief episode discusses the concept and practice of radicalism as explained by Paulo Freire.

What are Nativism and Going Native?| Postcolonialism| Postcolonial Theory| Postcolonial Concepts   

In this episode I have combined soundtracks from two previously published videos so that the you can learn about Nativism and Going Native as two distinct and separate terms.  

Nativism: In postcolonial theory, nativism refers to the political and cultural retrieval, or attempts at it, by the colonized natives to assert the claims of their own culture against the one introduced by the colonizers. This retrieval is mostly seen as a sort of strategic essentialism and can often lead to puritanical interpretation of history. By and large, the term has a negative connotation. 

Going Native: Going native was used as a pejorative term to point to any Europeans wo, while living in the colonies, adopted the customs and habits of the natives. By far the most striking example of someone going native can be found in the character of Kurtz from Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."

What is Contrapuntal reading | Edward Said | Postcolonialism | Postcolonial Concepts 

In this brief lecture I explain Contrapuntal reading, a term coined and explained by Edward Said in his book "Culture and Imperialism." This is a pretty important postcolonial concept and would be useful to any students or scholars of postcolonialism.  

My apologies for the loud siren sounds toward the end of the video: My building decided to test their warning systems as I was recording:)

What is Worlding and Worldliness?| Postcolonial Theory| Postcolonialism| Gayatri Spivak| Edward Said 

In this episode I have combined two lectures  (worlding and worldliness) that were previously published in my Postcolonial Concepts Playlist on YouTube. I think if you view the two videos side by side, it would be better for clear understanding of the differences between the two terms, one theorized by Edward Said (Wordliness) and the other by Gayatri Spivak (Worlding).

Postcolonial Concepts: Binarism 

A mode of thought predicated on seemingly stable oppositions (such as good and evil or male and female) that is seen in post-structuralist analysis as an inadequate approach to areas of difference also : a specific dichotomy subscribed to or reinforced in such thought (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/binarism)

What is Settler Colonialism?| Postcolonial Concepts| Postcolonialism| Postcolonial Theory 

This is yet another lecture (adapted from YouTube) in my series on Postcolonial Concepts and Postcolonial theory. In this lecture I explain the differences between settler colonialism and invader colonialism and also discuss as to how some of the legacies of settler colonialism linger on even today.

In this brief episode, in my series on literary studies, I explain the main difference between literary theory and literary criticism.

In this episode, I discuss the concept of colonial discourse, which is crucial to colonial discourse analysis and also important in the field of postcolonial studies.