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Postcolonial Networks brings together scholars, activists, and leaders with the urgency of a movement to foster decolonized relationships, innovative scholarship, and social transformation.

Postcolonial Networks Board

Three Poems: Christmas List, Weekend Instructions, & Letter to India

December 3rd, 2012|

"I hope you will be proud to tell people That you knew me when I was hungry And you were my world. After all, it is you who always said that love in whatever way it comes is flawless"

Hip-Hop and Justice Making: 10 Picks from an Artist

November 26th, 2012|

"I purposefully selected songs from artists who are either fairly well-known or bona fide superstars to show that the hip-hop community has potential to use art responsibly to speak out against social ills, potential even for those from whom we least expect a justice-oriented voice."

A Graduate Student’s Top Five Picks: Joshua B. Bennett

November 17th, 2012|

"What constitutes a livable, grievable life? What does it mean to be alive? For those of us who have, historically, had a fraught relationship to and with the land, with animals, with machines, how do we write about this thing called Nature? How do we love it?"

Presidential Election Time: Disenfranchising the Margins in a Democratic Moment

November 6th, 2012|

"The ravages of Hurricane Sandy brought this to the fore. Could a national election be put on hold to ensure the participation of millions of civilians impacted? The politically agile did jump on the occasion to cash-in on this."

Race is Religion in U.S. Electoral Politics

November 6th, 2012|

"Regardless of who wins the election, we’ve seen and will continue to experience how race is religion and both are malleable given the exigencies of U.S. politics in the 21st century. Malleable by whom?"

Time in the Mirror

November 3rd, 2012|

"Because I am We are Created in the image and likeness of God This must be what God looks like"

i am, yo soy

October 20th, 2012|

"we are la frontera, we are the borderlands we are a both/and people we are selves within a body made of many parts we are interconnected and we are messy"