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Walter Mignolo on orientalism and occidentalism

In this interview from the Oecumene project's second symposium, Walter Mignolo introduces his thinking on de-colonial political subjectivity

This video is part of a series published this week from the Oecumene project's second symposium, including Walter Mignolo's keynote lecture. All of the videos from the series will appear on the Oecumene: Citizenship after Orientalism partnership page, funded by the Oecumene Project and the Open University.

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Walter Mignolo

Walter D. Mignolo is the William H. Wannamaker Professor of Literature and Romance Studies at Duke University, USA, who has worked on different aspects of the modern and colonial world and since 2000, has directed the Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, a research unit within the John Hope Franklin Center for International and Interdisciplinary Studies.

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