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SUMMARY:Postcolonial theory and the project of urban studies - Professor A
 nanya Roy\, The Institute on Inequality and Democracy\, University of Cali
 fornia\, Los Angeles
DTSTART:20180117T161500Z
DTEND:20180117T173000Z
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CONTACT:Geography/SPRI Webmaster
DESCRIPTION:In previous work\, Professor Roy made the case for the relevan
 ce of postcolonial theory in the reconstruction of urban studies.  That r
 econstruction requires tackling the epistemological persistence of Eurocen
 trism in the production of conceptual categories and the deployment of mod
 es of universalization.  In this seminar\, Professor Roy will seek to con
 tinue such dialogues by pinpointing key aspects of Eurocentric thought as 
 whiteness.  At a historical moment of resurgent white supremacy\, she wil
 l examine the debates about this form of disciplinary power and its effect
 s. Specifically\, she suggests that postcolonial theory and critical race 
 studies\, especially when read together\, can challenge the proprietary pr
 erogatives of whiteness and make possible a different ontology of theoriza
 tion and a different history of knowledge.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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