Thursday, September 13, 2007

SESAME -Taking "The Orient*" Out of Orientation Week

*ORIENTALISM - Edward Said's term for an entire discourse through which the colonial Other (the Orient) is represented by the West as subordinate, thus providing an intellectual foundation for material domination (ie. for imperial and economic exploitation). Wanna learn more? Check out Edward Said's prolific and amazing work in his book "Orientalism".

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