settler colonialism as a structure

Question 1

why is colonialism not an event?

Answer 1

that implies that it has been replaced with something else so either indg. people or settlers would be gone

Question 2

organizing logic

Answer 2

how they make sense out of the ways we structure society -> naturalizing claimed sovereignty

Question 3

ways in which the logic of elimination manifests itself

Answer 3

conquest, genocide, assimilation and extinguishment

Question 4

what are the positive and negative dimentions of colonialism according to Wolfe?

Answer 4

positive: new colonial society
negative: dissolution of indg. communities

Question 5

vanishing end point

Answer 5

settler colonialism is an ongoing and not fully realized project (b/c indg. peoples still exist)
goal: to have full power of land
- does not matter that they have not hit that point because settlers have full authority

Question 6

population economy

Answer 6

settler authority takes the form of control over the population economy (who may or may not join the setter collective)
- indg. peoples do not have the power to decide who joins their collective

Question 7

naturalization of settler authority

Answer 7

1. ideological justifications
2. disavowal of violence + indigenous presence