Videos vs. Colonialism: The Cases of Rammstein and Hatari
Two recent videos from Rammstein and Hatari offer a study in contrasts and speak loudly to the challenges involved in authentically confronting colonialism through popular music.
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Thinking on Dark Matter: ‘A Mind Spread Out on the Ground’
In Alicia Elliott's essay collection about colonialism, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, she compares racism to the elusive role of dark matter in the universe.
‘Heaven and Hell’ Offers a Powerful Child’s-eye View of Japanese Colonialism
Japanese poet Toriko Takarabe grew up in Japanese-occupied Manchuria and lived to tell the harrowing tale.
Fracturing to Survive in Tanya Tagaq’s ‘Split Tooth’
Inuk musician/writer Tanya Tagaq's first novel, Split Tooth, tells a magical, fucked-up story about teenage girls' adolescence in the Arctic.
At the Crossroads of Pity and Revolt: Intensity and Time in Lino Brocka’s ‘Manila in the Claws of Light’
Lino Brocka's Manila in the Claws of Light seethes with rage against colonial oppression without ever becoming overt agitprop.
An Algerian Travelogue Offers Important Reflections on Settler Colonial Guilt and Responsibility
Olivia Burton revisited her family's colonial heritage in Algeria, and the gorgeous comic which resulted offers a reflection on our personal imbrication in the colonialism of our forebears
Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Gives Us Insight Into Our 20th Century Sins
For reasons as much aesthetic as intellectual, The Crown can proudly take its place among the highlights of TV's current golden age.
The Paradox of Sight in the Films of Jean Rouch and Robert Drew
With all of their differences, the insistence that we are moved is integral to the cinematic enterprises of both Jean Rouch and Robert Drew.
The Classic Shanghai Divas and the Unintended Exoticism of the Taiwanese Bootleg
What does the record collector collect when the desired product is too expensive? Perhaps a bootlegged version shunned by the fussy connoisseur, an untended but degraded gem that ironically coincides with the vibrant decadence of Shanghai's colonial era.
‘Ants Among Elephants’ Is a Riveting Account of Left-wing Politics and Casteism in India
Sujatha Gidla's memoir is an example of history as told from down below, by the people who were involved in the labour and caste protests and the women who did the reproductive labour for the revolutionaries.
Colonial Power in ‘Dishonored 2’
Emily is no representative of lawful order in an otherwise chaotic world.