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13 Cards in this Set
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Colonisation: |
A process which one nation imposed itself economically, politically and socially upon another. |
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Eugenics: |
The study of human hereditary based on the unproven assumption that selective breeding could improve the intellectual, physical and cultural traits of a population. |
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Assumptions of colonisation: |
- general European superiority - land in indigenous hands was “waste-land” - indigenous cultures were static, communal and traditionally bound - assimilation of indigenous people was ‘required’ to enable entrance into ‘modern’ world. |
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Violent colonisation: |
- extermination - disease - enslavement - child abduction |
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Benign colonisation: |
- paternalism - introduction of literacy - heathens to Christians - being convinced of lesser status - ‘savage’ |
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Mechanism of colonisation 1: |
1. Change the population balance between coloniser and colonised - exotic disease - military campaigns - immigration - intermarriage - murder |
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Mechanism of colonisation 1: |
1. Change the population balance between coloniser and colonised - exotic disease - military campaigns - immigration - intermarriage - murder |
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Machinist of colonisation 2: |
2. Impose new institutions of the coloniser - economic - religious - educational - health - justice - values, norms, life ways, customs |
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Mechanism of colonisation 1: |
1. Change the population balance between coloniser and colonised - exotic disease - military campaigns - immigration - intermarriage - murder |
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Machinist of colonisation 2: |
2. Impose new institutions of the coloniser - economic - religious - educational - health - justice - values, norms, life ways, customs |
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Mechanisms of colonisation 3: |
3. Destroy indigenous soul - denigrate the culture and religious beliefs - destroy tribal relationships - remove philosophical framework - forbid tribal customs, norms, mores and life ways - destroy language - enforce new requirements by punishment and legislation |
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Impact of colonisation depends on: |
- the size, political organisation and technology of the society subjugated - the time period of initial subjugation - the location of the society - the cultural orientation of the subjugated society - the colonial policy if the colonisers |
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Impact of colonisation depends on: |
- the size, political organisation and technology of the society subjugated - the time period of initial subjugation - the location of the society - the cultural orientation of the subjugated society - the colonial policy if the colonisers |
