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Coloniality in the German Higher Education System: Implications for Policy and Institutional Practice

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: This article focuses on the public German higher education sector as a site upon and through which coloniality is enacted. This status quo indicates exclusionary effects and merits interrogation. We briefly discuss the history of German colonialism to understand how coloniality pervades higher educational structures in the German context today. Two proposals addressing coloniality in German higher education are made: the development of structures centering diverse faculty and the support of ethnic and identity studies.

Source: Social Inclusion

DOI: 10.17645/si.v9i3.4139

Authors: Lisa Unangst, Ana M. Martínez Alemán

Institutions: Ghent University, Boston College

Language: English

Topic: Decolonial Thought and Epistemologies

Subfield: Anthropology

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,132