Honors Student/Faculty Seminar for Spring 2026: Decolonial Thought in Latin America,Africa, and the Caribbean
Photo: Yinka Shonibare CBE, Woman Shooting Cherry Blossoms, 2019. All Rights Reserved, DACS / Artimage 2020, Courtesy the artist and Fukuoka City Art Museum
Honors: Topics in Philosophy: “Decolonial Thought in Africa, the Caribbean, and Latin America” (Student/Faculty Seminar)
Professor Carlos Briones
R 2:00pm-4:45pm, Des Plaines Campus
Register for PHL 290 0H1 (CRN: 10718)
Description: The course will examine the concept of "coloniality," which refers to the enduring structures of power established during colonialism that continue to shape the world today. We will ask: What are the historical and ongoing effects of colonialism on Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean? What are the effects of coloniality on our own ways of thinking, practices, and being? What are strategies to decolonize the way we think, institutions such as academia, our imagination, and our being? To answer these questions, we will critically examine knowledge systems, including the identification of Eurocentric biases, and the exploration of the language and ways of thinking of Indigenous groups, with particular attention to ways of thinking about gender. Along the way, we will explore the deep connection between coloniality, capitalism and racism.
Contact Professor Briones with any questions.
