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from the Latin word colonus, meaning farmer
Colonialism
is a practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to
another
Colonialism
involves the transfer of population to a new territory, where the arrivals lived as permanent settlers while maintaining political allegiance to their country of
origin.
Colonialism
anything that can be read, interpreted, analyzed
TEXT
making sense of the world and our lives, we read spaces, places, our historical circumstances, and the plethora of images and messages unleashed by media, literature and art
READING
Text has no value or meaning apart from that of the readers
MEANING
Meaning is pre-determined, the reader is merely a site to receive information
READERLY TEXT
The reader , now in a position of control, takes an active role in the construction of meaning ( reader is turned into a writer
WRITERLY TEXT
One intended interpretation
CLOSED TEXT
Multiple and mediated interpretations
OPEN TEXT
a kind of text represents fixed reality and posits itself as a means of portraying that reality
SIGN
kind of text, a thing that exists in space and time. It conveys meaning not only about itself but about cultural processes and relationships. Meanings, therefore, are not constant, constituted thru human agency
SYMBOL