Browsing by Subject "Postcolonialism"

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Realism’s timeless wisdom and its relevance for the global South
(Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, 2024-01-24) Beckmann, N. A.; Erpul, Onur
Since the numerous calls for developing a truly global and plural IR discipline, a growing spate of IR studies have sought to contextualize and critique the Euro-centeredness of the field. One of the most significant problems scholars have pointed out is the hegemonic status of Anglo-American IR theories, which seemingly assert an ontological preeminence and universality at the expense of local knowledge and homegrown theories. While the present article shares many of global IR’s concerns, it nevertheless proposes that in our quest to teach IR and develop homegrown theories, we should not lose sight of the importance of traditional contributions to the field. Our argument is based on a series of reflections about the relevance of realist scholarship for the developing world. Through an analysis of the major criticisms of classical IR theories, we seek to show that classical and, to a lesser extent, structural and neoclassical realism contain several and diverse arguments that speak directly to audiences in the global South. Classical realism, in particular, shares some interesting commonalities with postcolonial theory, which could pave the way for a more systematic engagement between the two approaches. Therefore, we argue that a global IR founded primarily on critiquing classical theories would be an impoverished IR, and “the thousand small steps” to a globalized discipline ought not neglect the valuable insights and reflections of traditional theory.
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Reconfiguring Senegalese filmmakers as Griots: Identity, migration and authorship practice
(Intellect, 2022) Kayır, Oğuz
This article aims to designate the notion of ‘Griot’ – the oral transmitter of history in West African cultures to the eclectic filmmakers from the post-independence period of Francophone Senegal who utilized film as an instrument to reassemble their nation’s lost image and carve an independent national identity that seeks liberation from the remnants of French imperial rule. Figuratively performing as Griots in the postcolonial film corpus, directors Ousmane Sembéne, Djibril Diop Mambéty and Mati Diop fabricated an original filmic language that represents the cultural milieu of Senegal after the French colonialism. In these directorial endeavours, the incorporation of narration elements plays a pivotal role in simultaneously manufacturing the agencies of Senegalese people and accelerating the continuum of decolonization in the country’s visual domain. Including the historical framework of Senegal’s cinema and illustrating the analogy between Griots and these filmmakers, this research will take a closer look at the corresponding postcolonial narratives of Ousmane Sembéne’s La Noire de… (1966), Djibril Diop Mambéty’s Touki Bouki (1973) and Mati Diop’s Atlantics (2019) in an effort to unravel their tumultuous identity politics, critiques of (neo)colonialism and filmmakers’ role as national raconteurs.
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Üçüncü dünya güvenlik ve postkolonyal güvenlik yaklaşımları arasındaki farklılıklar: devlet, kültür ve modernite
(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi(UİK), 2019-09-01) Dikmen Alsancak, Neslihan
Bu makalenin amacı, Üçüncü Dünya güvenlik yaklaşımları ve postkolonyal güvenlik yaklaşımlarının güvenlik çalışmalarına kuramsal bakışları arasındaki farklılıkları tartışmaktır. Makale dört bölümden oluşmaktadır. İlk bölümde, Üçüncü Dünya güvenlik yaklaşımları ve postkolonyal güvenlik yaklaşımlarının Üçüncü Dünya ve postkolonyalizm kavramlarından ne anladıkları analiz edilmektedir. Sonraki üç bölüm, bu iki yaklaşımın güvenlik çalışmalarına yönelttikleri eleştiriler arasındaki farklılıkları devlet, kültür ve modernite kavramları üzerinden tartışmaktadır. Böylece, bu yaklaşımların güvenlik çalışmalarına getirdikleri eleştiriler ve eleştirel güvenlik yaklaşımlarına yaptıkları katkılar karşılaştırılmaktadır.