Recolonizing the decolonizers
decolonization, n., the process of freeing an institution, sphere of activity, etc. from the cultural or social effects of colonization. Decolonization is a popular movement in the academic area of Indigenous Studies, none more so perhaps then in Australia, where, since the Bicentennial year of 1988 - marking two hundred years since the British invasion - there has been a explosion in books, articles, audio and video on topics such as the Frontier Wars, the Stolen Generations, and all those elements of cultural genocide practiced by the British empire locally. For example, under the reign of Governor Lachlan Macquarie between .... massacres of innocent people were officially condoned (viz. Appin 1816), cultural practices were banned (e.g. the carrying of spears), children were taken from families, traditional custom and lore was supplanted by British law, death and disease ravage the society unchecked, and the policy of Assimilation (i.e. cultural genocide) was practiced. The impact ...
