π± Western constructions about childhood have come to dominate the world
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βDepictions of childhood as a time of happy innocence, but also an essentially vulnerable phase of life that required special protections as well as freedom from βadultβ obligations, originated in capitalist countries in the Global North and were often imposed on children in the Global South.β
Our modern ideas of childhood have also been shaped by colonialism, and it is important to remember that there is no one notion of childhood that is universal.
colonialism in terms of difference
colonization begins with categorization
a mask that hides the complexity and tensions of the colonial mission
Colonial travel writing in the Cordillera
π± focus on children enabled postponement of independence to the next generation(s)