Colonial History – Retrospect Journal

by Retrospect Journal 25/04/2021 0

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Through the Looking Glass: Photography and Imperialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Written by Jack Bennett. The technology of photography has been deeply entangled with imperial expansion. However it has been a contested technology too and used by colonised peoples.

by Retrospect Journal 14/03/2021 0

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The Curse of Oil

Written by Finlay Cormack. The history of oil is one steeped in colonial discourses and imperial ambitions. With continuing conflict arising from this commodity in the Middle East, how can we understand the influence of the global north in the origins of oil disputes?

by Retrospect Journal 15/11/2020 0

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Representations of Rehabilitation: Experiences of Disability in Africa, 1940-1963

Written by Jack Bennett. Policies towards disability were a central plank of the colonial and postcolonial state. A key factor in the development of policy was exchange between colony and metropole.