Decolonizing Death
People ask me all the time what decolonization means or is. Manhoben,
manåmko’, taotao sanhiyong, taotao sanhalom, all hear of this term as they go
about their lives, but are unclear as to what it might mean. For most it stirs
up fearsome feelings about losing everything that makes life possible and so
they are seeking some reassurance that decolonization couldn’t mean that. I
have a variety of answers, anecdotes, theoretical lens and concept ready to go,
but it always depends on the context. Are they speaking to me about
decolonization in a political context? Or is it cultural? Linguistic? Economic?
Spiritual? People will conceive of decolonization differently based on their
particular interests or their set of phobias. Many will instinctively define
decolonization in a particular way because of their fears of feelings of
dependency. Others will want to define it in a certain way because of their
interest in something changing.
You can conceive of decolonization in a very narrow sense…
You can conceive of decolonization in a very narrow sense…