Initially founded as a colony of the American Colonization Society in 1822 and declared an independent republic in 1847, the Republic of Liberia has challenged scholars across disciplines for almost as long as it has existed. Despite its territory being the home of Indigenous peoples for centuries, Liberia was imagined as a plan to relocate people ......
Initially founded as a colony of the American Colonization Society in 1822 and declared an independent republic in 1847, the Republic of Liberia has challenged scholars across disciplines for almost as long as it has existed. Despite its territory being the home of Indigenous peoples for centuries, Liberia was imagined as a plan to relocate people ......
Reform, Protest, and Suppression in Croatia, 1968-1971
The mass movement known as the Croatian Spring began with the Socialist Republic of Croatia's ruling Communist party, led by a new generation of party leaders who sought greater economic and political autonomy from Yugoslavia's federal government. It quickly grew outside of the party, particularly among students and intellectuals, and led to a ......
Reform, Protest, and Suppression in Croatia, 1968-1971
The mass movement known as the Croatian Spring began with the Socialist Republic of Croatia's ruling Communist party, led by a new generation of party leaders who sought greater economic and political autonomy from Yugoslavia's federal government. It quickly grew outside of the party, particularly among students and intellectuals, and led to a ......
Craft, Cloth, and Development in Postcolonial Morocco
For over a century, French colonial and Moroccan postcolonial state-building efforts have tethered cultural identity to the preservation and "modernization" of artisanal craftwork. Twenty-first-century heritage development initiatives have aimed to turn the "traditional" know-how of skilled textile producers into "modern" knowledge, reeducating, ......
Craft, Cloth, and Development in Postcolonial Morocco
For over a century, French colonial and Moroccan postcolonial state-building efforts have tethered cultural identity to the preservation and "modernization" of artisanal craftwork. Twenty-first-century heritage development initiatives have aimed to turn the "traditional" know-how of skilled textile producers into "modern" knowledge, reeducating, ......
Where present-day media has depicted violent conditions in Africa as a spectacle born out of political instability, postcolonial scholars have discussed violence as a dialectic of law and disorder, a regime structured by the biopolitical state, or as a performative tool used to challenge ethical and political norms. While the latter approaches ......
Where present-day media has depicted violent conditions in Africa as a spectacle born out of political instability, postcolonial scholars have discussed violence as a dialectic of law and disorder, a regime structured by the biopolitical state, or as a performative tool used to challenge ethical and political norms. While the latter approaches ......
