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Coloniality in the German Higher Education System: Implications for Policy and Institutional Practice
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Abstract This article focuses on the public German higher education sector as a site upon and through which coloniality is enacted. This status quo indicates exclusionary effects and merits interrogation. We briefly discuss the history of German colonialism to understand how coloniality pervades higher educa... view more
This article focuses on the public German higher education sector as a site upon and through which coloniality is enacted. This status quo indicates exclusionary effects and merits interrogation. We briefly discuss the history of German colonialism to understand how coloniality pervades higher educational structures in the German context today. Two proposals addressing coloniality in German higher education are made: the development of structures centering diverse faculty and the support of ethnic and identity studies.... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; colonialism; university level of education; university policy; historical development; identity; ethnology; post-colonialism
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
University Education
Sociology of Education
Free Keywords
Germany; colonialism; coloniality; diversity; higher education; identity
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 142-153
Journal
Social Inclusion, 9 (2021) 3
Issue topic
Inclusive Universities in a Globalized World
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed