by Ashley Wiersma | Sep 4, 2013 | CHI Project Info
At its most simplistic, settler colonialism was (and is) a process in which emigrants move(d) with the express purposes of territorial occupation and the formation of a new community rather than the extraction of labor or resources (however, these may have been or...
by Ashley Wiersma | Mar 11, 2013 | CHI Articles & Discussions
“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and...
by Ashley Wiersma | Jan 14, 2013 | CHI Project Info
Introduction The majority of present-day states are former colonies or colonial metropoles, a number of which were or still are settler colonies.[1] Consequently, it is essential to know where and how such colonies formed to understand current geopolitics and to raise...
by Ashley Wiersma | Nov 28, 2012 | CHI Articles & Discussions
“THAT Camp is like drinking from a fire hose.” – Organizer Marta Rivera Monclova on the first day of workshops. I can attest to the truth of that! I just returned from my first THAT Camp, and I’m still trying to process the many conversations in and out of sessions...
by Ashley Wiersma | Nov 8, 2012 | CHI Fellowship Program
I’m a little crazy or maybe a lot crazy, some may even say masochistic. I must be. After working in a ‘real’ job as a high school math teacher for two years, I chose to go back to school as a full time student to earn a PhD in history. I considered...
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