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# Between colonizer and colonized: the political subjectivity of the settler
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/between-colonizer-and-colonized-political-subjectivity-of-settler/
- Published: 2013-05-10T16:05:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-23T01:25:49.000Z
- Description: 'Settler colonialism' has greatly influenced the way we think about colonialism and orientalism. But analysis of the writings of British settlers in the United States reveals that the political subjectivity of the settler is distinct from that of the colonizer (Video, 20 mins)
- Author: Jack Harrington
- Tags: Politics & activism, #Migrated, United States & Canada, United States, Democracy and government, ideas, Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism, #en, #Import 2026-04-09 17:36, #ImagesUploaded, #appended-excerpt

*This video is part of a series published this week from the Oecumene project's second symposium, '*[*Deorientalising Citizenship?*](http://www.oecumene.eu/events/2nd-symposium?ref=opendemocracy.net)*'. All of the videos will appear on the* [*Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism*](https://www.opendemocracy.net/freeform-tags/oecumene-citizenship-after-orientalism) *partnership page, which is funded by the Oecumene Project and the Open University.*

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'Settler colonialism' has greatly influenced the way we think about colonialism and orientalism. But analysis of the writings of British settlers in the United States reveals that the political subjectivity of the settler is distinct from that of the colonizer *(Video, 20 mins)*