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Conceptual Decolonization Of Space: Worldview And Language In Anishinaabe Akiing, Mark Freeland
Conceptual Decolonization Of Space: Worldview And Language In Anishinaabe Akiing, Mark Freeland
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This dissertation examines the role of worldview and language in the cultural framework of American Indian people. In it I develop a theory of worldview which can be defined as an interrelated set of logics that orients a culture to space (land), time, the rest of life, and provides a prescription for understanding that life. Considering the strong links between language and worldview, it is methodologically necessary to focus on a particular language and culture to decolonize concepts of and relationships to land. In particular, this dissertation focuses on an Anishinaabe worldview as consisting of four components, which are; (1) …