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When academic study becomes extractive

My research on colonial history won my PhD but I wonder if I am just mining other people's trauma for my career advancement.

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What we've seen

Intellectual work can replicate colonial dynamics by treating marginalized experiences as raw material for privileged analysis.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Colonialism and persistent wealth inequality?”

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