Book launch: 'Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power'
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The SOAS Middle East Institute (SMEI) and the SOAS South Asia Institute (SSAI) are pleased to host a book launch for Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power published by Duke University Press, and edited by Wazhmah Osman and Robert D. Crews.
This book features cross-disciplinary, ground-up perspectives on colonial projects in Afghanistan, focusing on the US intervention that began in 2001 and its historical underpinnings and legacies. This event will feature contributors Dawood Azami (BBC World Service), Marya Hannun (University of Exeter) and Wazhmah Osman (Temple University).
They will discuss topics including media narratives, information warfare, and knowledge production and explore how visual tropes, textual narratives, mythologies, and ideologies shape how Afghanistan is portrayed locally and abroad. Participants will reflect on imperial histories, the ongoing impact of colonialism, and the possibility of decolonial futures.
This book features cross-disciplinary, ground-up perspectives on colonial projects in Afghanistan, focusing on the US intervention that began in 2001 and its historical underpinnings and legacies. This event will feature contributors Dawood Azami (BBC World Service), Marya Hannun (University of Exeter) and Wazhmah Osman (Temple University).
They will discuss topics including media narratives, information warfare, and knowledge production and explore how visual tropes, textual narratives, mythologies, and ideologies shape how Afghanistan is portrayed locally and abroad. Participants will reflect on imperial histories, the ongoing impact of colonialism, and the possibility of decolonial futures.
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SOAS University of London, Thornhaugh Street,London, United Kingdom
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Host or PublisherSOAS Middle East Institute
