ali raza58
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A Postcolonial Theory of Value: Broadening Economic Scholarship Through Disciplinary-Mimetic Valuation
Significant work has been brought to the forefront of the Anglo-European world with issues concerning colonialism as well as postcolonial development. It is in the vein of those scholars who contributed heavily to exposing the faultiness of European generalizations of humanity and how those judgements were situated in a nexus of global power that this paper finds itself in. More specifically, it aims to target an issue that finds itself drawing from the interdisciplinary intersections of Economics, Anthropology, and Cultural Theory as it pertains to the concept of value. This paper aims to advance an argument that the colonial process across the globe followed a general pattern of coercive homogenization that penetrated pre-colonial societies and shifted their value orientation to partially or completely conform to European cultural values; I call this process Disciplinary-Mimetic Valuation (DMV). I conclude by considering the philosophical implications of DMV on a developing postcolonial economics as well as further commentary on some of the central aspects of DMV.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Fiction
The Body as a Weapon of Resistance in Postcolonial Short Stories: The Cases of Augusto Monterroso and Zulema de la Rúa Fernández
The arrival of Spanish conquistadors in the “New World” at the end of the fifteenth century triggered an age of violence, oppression, and colonization that lasted until the United States took the stage as a modern colonial power in 1898. Overt colonization was transformed and reinvented as neocolonialism under the guise of “international policy” written with the intention of controlling the entirety of the Western Hemisphere. The economic, social, and political systems put in place by the Spanish, and later the Americans in the postcolonial period, are still tangible in Cuban and Guatemalan culture. Most notably, the impacts are apparent in United States imposed economic paternalism, which has so affected Latin American nation-states that many of their economies have become inextricable from modern U.S. policy. Indeed, the exploitation of labor, resources, and bodies in the region has molded a landscape of political oppression and economic dependence that appears to be both permanent and uncontestable in the neoliberal global order.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Fiction
"We Deserve To Be Happy, Just Not Together": Broken-Up People Are Getting Real About Exactly What Went Wrong In Their Last Relationship
We've all been there — you find what you think is the possible love your life, but as time goes on, rather than being two peas in a pod, you're actually like orange juice and toothpaste, and things just aren't working anymore.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Families
We are not who we think we are
I was asked to give a talk by a London-based company for Black History Month in October 2022. Initially, I was going to title my talk Your Silence Will Not Protect You after the eponymous collection of essays by Audre Lorde and to honour the many silences I have nursed over the years and the vast silences I know countless Black people are forced into in their professional lives.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Motivation
A Tough Covid Challenge: Reinforcing Our Wall of Immunity
Covid hasn’t gone away, but it also no longer poses the serious threat to most people today it did in the first months and years after its emergence. Vaccination has saved millions of lives and continues to shield people from the worst effects of the virus. Effective treatments are available and cut the risk of bad outcomes.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Education
The UX Design Case Study That Got Me Hired
Securing your first job in UX design can be challenging, but there was one case study in particular that helped me differentiate myself from other candidates. With the coaching of my mentor from Designlab, I designed a non-traditional learning app that teaches the Korean language using Korean media such as K-pop, K-drama, and K-webtoon with an emphasis on building a habit.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Education
I remember the day vividly, even though it was many years ago. It was a warm summer afternoon, and I was walking home from school. As I
I remember the day vividly, even though it was many years ago. It was a warm summer afternoon, and I was walking home from school. As I approached the corner of my street, I noticed a small, furry creature lying on the sidewalk. It was a baby bird, no bigger than the palm of my hand, and it was clearly injured.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Interview
sad story of a woman
Once upon a time, there was a young girl named Sarah. She had a happy childhood, filled with love and laughter. But as she grew older, she began to feel a sense of emptiness inside her. She didn't know what it was, but it made her feel sad all the time.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Education
The Abandoned Asylum HORROR STORY
Plot: A group of friends decides to explore an abandoned asylum that has been closed for years. As they make their way through the dark and eerie halls, they start to feel like they're being watched. Strange noises and unexplained events begin to occur, and they start to feel like something is following them.
By ali raza58about a year ago in Horror