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1. What does Capan mean by coloniality (pg 4)? How does she describe
eurocentrism?
a. In what ways is knowledge production underpinned by
Eurocentrism? What is this question asking? Why is this a
problem?
b. How might have you been affected by eurocentrism?
c. Can you think of some other examples of eurocentrism?
3. In the Ling and Agathangelou reading what do they mean when they
describe IR as a ‘colonial household’? (you can think of this as a recap of
IR theories)
a. What does ‘poisies’ mean? What do they propose with their
approach of ‘worldism’ (42-45)?
b. What do they mean by ‘cosmo man’ (page 35-36)? How does relate
to claims of objectivity?
c. How does their critique affect how you think about international
politics?