De los candires a Kandire. La invención de un mito chiriguano by Isabelle Combès

“…Currently « Kandire » is assimilated to the « land without evil » of the Bolivian Guaraní-Chiriguano. The analysis of colonial texts, however, reveals that the first mention of the term designates a concrete people called « the Candires », who can easily be associated with the Incas; the second « Candire » is assimilated to the idea of Paytiti; and, finally, the third use of the term relates to the « Candire » god of the Itatin Chiriguano. …”
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La descolonización de la economía política y los estudios postcoloniales: transmodernidad, pensamiento fronterizo y colonialidad global by Ramón Grosfoguel

“…Se discuten ademas los conceptos de «colonialidad del poder», «epistemologías fronterizas» y de «transmodernidad» para pensar no en «nuevas utopias» sino en «utopias otras» a partir de una cartografía distinta de las relaciones de poder global del «sistema-mundo Europeo/Euro-norteamericano moderno/colonial capitalista/patriarcal». El artículo argumenta la necesidad de usar este último concepto (aunque más extenso) y abandonar la categoría de «sistema-mundo capitalista» o «capitalismo global».…”
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Comunidades indígenas del trapecio amazónico colombiano: imaginarios sociales y turismo by Marta Lucía Vélez Rivas

“…La relación histórica de la sociedad mestiza hacia las comunidades indígenas, se expresa en relaciones de poder contruidas desde el pasado colonial, lo cual se materializa hoy en exclusión, desigualdad social, exotización y desconocimiento del Otro. …”
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Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes cavifrons Banks (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) by Angela S. Brammer, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“…The most economically significant termite in this genus, Cryptotermes brevis (Walker), commonly infests structures and was at one time known as the “furniture termite,” thanks to the frequency with which colonies were found in pieces of furniture. A member of the same genus that might be mistaken for C. brevis upon a first, cursory examination is C. cavifrons, a species endemic to Florida. …”
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Agrarian Problems in the New Republic by Barbara Karsky

“…Agrarian protest was a well known phenomenon of colonial North America. Yet the continued presence of organized rural protest in the years following the revolutionary war has divided scholars as to its significance. …”
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A Literary Turn in African Studies by Kelvin Acheampong

“…Although there are sometimes divergences among these patterns of thought, the salient point of convergence is their acknowledgement of coloniality as a problem haunting the world today, and of the task of decolonization/ decoloniality as unfinished. …”
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La polis grecque classique by Flore Lerosier

“…The study of the Greek colonial polis (city) is old and characterized by a dichotomy between city (astu) and countryside (chôra). …”
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Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes cavifrons Banks (Insecta: Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) by Angela S. Brammer, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn

“…The most economically significant termite in this genus, Cryptotermes brevis (Walker), commonly infests structures and was at one time known as the “furniture termite,” thanks to the frequency with which colonies were found in pieces of furniture. A member of the same genus that might be mistaken for C. brevis upon a first, cursory examination is C. cavifrons, a species endemic to Florida. …”
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TEORIAS SOCIALES DEL SUR: hacia una mirada post-independentista by Adrián Scribano

“…Se parte de la caracterización de la situación colonial en la actualidad y sefiala algunos nodos de una posible agenda de discusión. …”
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Sarmiento y la nación cívica by Susana Villavicencio

“…This philosophical idea, supported by the enlightened elite in a moment of violent confrontations and endless civil conflict, has a central role in the process of national organization and the establishment of a republican government after the collapse of the colonial bond. We intend to explore the formulation of the idea of civic nation in the political discourse of Domingo F. …”
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Book Review: Decolonizing the Mind (by Sandew Hira) by Patrick Delices

“…Although the dominant narratives in the world of academia are from the vantage points of primarily white males from the West (Europe and the United States), there is an alternative narrative that is being discussed in many parts of the world that is challenging the colonial perspectives of the West. This non-Westernised narrative is deeply discussed in Decolonizing the Mind : A Guide to Decolonial Theory and Practice by decolonial scholar, economist, historian and activist Sandew Hira. …”
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Méditerranéïté et romanité en Tunisie : l’inquiétante étrangeté d’un patrimoine by Habib Saidi

“…After briefly surveying the colonial exploitation of the Roman heritage, the article delves into the postcolonial era, where Habib Bourguiba's regime used tourism as a lever for modernization and rapprochement with Europe, thus redefining Tunisia's geopolitical position. …”
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Agricultura em cidades Maias, Astecas e Incas: outra perspectiva sobre o urbano by Rinaldo de Castilho Rossi

“…In addition to making considerations about food production systems, the following theoretical and methodological aspects are discussed based on the cases studied: (a) applicability of the concepts of city and urban to the study of pre-colonial societies in America; (b) the role played by the center on promoting agriculture; (c) agriculture as a technology of urbanism towards adversity; (d) relevance of Abya Yala’s native cities study. …”
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Pukka English and the Language of the Other in E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India by Catherine Lanone

“…Echoing foreign words become a pocket of rhythm and sound, the very matrix of a meaning that escapes colonial discourse and points towards a polyphony that remains pregnant with meaning.…”
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PASOS HACIA UNA DESCOLONIZACIÓN DE LO FESTIVO by JAVIER REYNALDO ROMERO FLORES

“…Nuestro argumento transita del momento colonial, en el que se produce la demonización de lo festivo, al momento republicano en el que, junto con lo anterior, también se desarrolla la mercantilización de lo festivo. …”
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Vejez, magia y feminidad en Balún Canán, de Rosario Castellanos by María América Luna-Martínez, Zoraida Ronzón-Hernández, Norma Baca-Tavira

“…Las siguientes líneas se proponen explorar las experiencias de la enigmática y envejecida Francisca Argüello, personaje secundario de Balún Canán, 2 quien tiene un papel relevante al develar las disputas entre el imaginario mágico-mítico de las culturas originarias y el pensamiento colonial de la élite terrateniente. Este personaje permite acercarnos a un tema hasta ahora no abordado en los estudios sobre la mencionada novela: el envejecimiento de las mujeres en la sociedad señorial mexicana de la primera mitad del siglo XX, así como las estrategias que se ponen en juego para enfrentar no sólo su condición añosa, sino los intensos cambios sociales que se experimentaron en Chiapas a raíz de las reformas cardenistas.…”
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À propos d'un projet en cours d'édition de manuscrits arabes de Tombouctou et d'ailleurs by Bernard Salvaing

“…After a presentation of research dealing with West African Arabic manuscripts, the author emphasizes that until recently this huge set of documentation has been barely touched, as is particularly visible in the field of scientific editions of sources.Such a deficiency may be due to colonial strategies regarding black islam. But one must emphasize the prejudice existing among many scholars – except a few mostly English-speaking pioneers – about texts that to them seem confusing, texts which cannot be understood without a deep knowledge of Arabic. …”
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Les mécanismes législatifs de l’autoritarisme algérien face au hirak : entre répression de la mobilisation et prévention de toute organisation du mouvement by Massensen Cherbi

“…To repress the mobilization of this peaceful “Movement” and prevent its structuration, the authorities already had at their disposal a wide range of repressive provisions restricting rights and freedoms – a legacy of the colonial era, the single party, the Black Decade and the containment of the Arab Springs. …”
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The role of violence in the classics of Brazilian Social Thought by Bruno de Souza Lessa, Jaqueline Silinske

“…Furthermore, by taking advantage of each author’s conceptual apparatuses, we introduced a discussion not only about the role of violence in the Brazilian colonial era, but also about its continuity over time and the social-historical manifestations it has in contemporaneity. …”
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Tres espacios narrativos más allá de Macondo (Ángel, Fayad, Espinosa) by Cristo Rafael Figueroa

“…Este artículo pretende visualizar tres de los trayectos narrativos que adopta la novelística colombiana posterior a El otoño del patriarca de Ggarcía Márquez: exploración de nuevas formas literarias para evidenciar las secuelas de la violencia colombiana en la infancia femenina y el papel de la mujer dentro de la misma (Estaba la pájara pinta sentada en el verde limón de Albalucía Ángel); búsqueda de estéticas neorrealistas para focalizar los complejos procesos y consecuencias de la modernización de Bogotá (Los parientes de Ester de Luis Fayad); y opción por una escritura neobarroca capaz de relativizar y cuestionar concepciones hegemónicas sobre la historia colonial (La tejedora de coronas de Ggermán Espinosa)…”
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