decolonisation
decolonisation — 名詞
1. the transition by which a land under foreign colonial control gains its own gove
非殖民化
殖民地擺脫外國統治並取得自政
the transition by which a land under foreign colonial control gains its own government and stops being ruled as a colony.
Algeria's decolonisation ended more than a century of French rule.
阿爾及利亞的非殖民化，結束了一個多世紀的法國統治。
decolonisation of [country] after colonial rule
Vinícius's history class linked decolonisation to new flags, laws, and elections.
Vinícius 的歷史課把非殖民化和新國旗、法律及選舉連在一起討論。
link decolonisation to nation-building changes
Many Pacific leaders saw decolonisation as the first step toward fair trade.
許多太平洋地區的領袖把非殖民化視為邁向公平貿易的第一步。
The film follows Kenya's decolonisation through protests, court cases, and village meetings.
這部電影透過抗議、法庭案件與村裡會議，呈現肯亞的非殖民化。
After decolonisation, the island wrote its own constitution and chose a president.
非殖民化之後，這座島嶼制定了自己的憲法，並選出了總統。
- independence
names the result more often than the long political process leading to it
- self-rule
stresses local political control rather than the dismantling of empire
- liberation
broader and often more emotional; can apply beyond colonial contexts
- colonisation
the act or system of taking control of another land as a colony
- imperial rule
emphasises continued control by an empire rather than local independence
文法句型
decolonisation of [country/region]
decolonisation after [period/event]
用法筆記
Usually names a historical or political process in which power moves from an empire to local rule. It often appears with 'of' plus a country or region, and the focus is broader than a single day of independence.
常見錯誤
2. the work of reshaping a school, museum, reading list, or similar institution so
去殖民化
改造制度以降低殖民觀點主導
the work of reshaping a school, museum, reading list, or similar institution so colonial European viewpoints no longer dominate and more space is given to local or previously marginalised voices.
Sora urged the art school to begin decolonisation of its reading list.
Sora 催促這所藝術學校開始推動閱讀清單的去殖民化。
decolonisation of a reading list
The museum's decolonisation plan added Indigenous curators and local place names.
這家博物館的去殖民化方案，加入了原住民族策展人和在地地名。
decolonisation plan in a museum
Students said real decolonisation means sharing power, not just changing posters.
學生說，真正的去殖民化意味著分享權力，不只是換掉海報。
After months of meetings, the department treated decolonisation as a long process.
經過數月會議後，這個系把去殖民化看成一個長期過程。
Lakshmi's essay argues that decolonisation should start with whose stories children read.
Lakshmi 的文章主張，去殖民化應從孩子讀誰的故事開始。
- reform
much broader; reform can improve a system without addressing colonial power
- diversification
focuses on adding variety, but may not question who controls the institution
- indigenisation
emphasises local knowledge and practices more directly than decolonisation
- Eurocentrism
placing European experience and standards at the centre
- colonial framing
keeping the old hierarchy of whose knowledge is treated as most important
文法句型
decolonisation of [curriculum/museum/university]
calls for decolonisation in [institution/field]
用法筆記
Common in discussions of universities, museums, archives, and publishing. It usually means changing whose voices are centred and who has decision-making power, not simply removing every European text or object.