CLA204H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Portuguese Empire, Indian Rebellion Of 1857, Columbian Exchange
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What comes to mind when we talk about colonialism? expansion of borders east vs. west (binary division of the world violence racism oppression epistemological conflict (clash of world views; epistemological: ways of knowing) Exploitation: also administrative; based on taking natural or human resources out of the colonialized land, but not premised on trying to build a population on that land: eg. Usually carried from africa and asia: brutally violent, eg. Begins sometime after the columbian exchange (about 16th century: transfer of all kinds of (cid:862)stuff(cid:863): language, plants, language, culture, diseases, animals. Suggests colonialism is over, though its effects are obvious everywhere. Colonialism continues to influence our world, why do we call it post-colonialism. Six, through colonialism, capitalism became the way to manage society: equipped with military power, only benifitting european nations, creating monopoly for themselves. So colonialism brought together a more interconnected world where exp, cultures, etc. are more practical.
