What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate

What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate

The term “Commonwealth” was omnipresent in the activities and name of the SEPC (Société d’Études des Pays du Commonwealth) until September 2021, when the association changed its name to Société d’Études Postcoloniales. This paper discusses the SEPC’s name change by drawing on theories on labelling a...

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Foilsithe / Cruthaithe: Postcolonial Literatures and Arts 2024
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postcolonial
categorisation
labelling
agency
Commonwealth
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:pla_406 https://doi.org/10.4000/11oav urn:doi:10.4000/11oav en https://journals.openedition.org/pla/406 2024-05-15T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/11oav https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate Postcolonial Literatures and Arts Société des Études Postcoloniales info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/3074-5136 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/pla Brun, Marilyne postcolonial categorisation labelling agency Commonwealth The term “Commonwealth” was omnipresent in the activities and name of the SEPC (Société d’Études des Pays du Commonwealth) until September 2021, when the association changed its name to Société d’Études Postcoloniales. This paper discusses the SEPC’s name change by drawing on theories on labelling and categorisation to point to three major aspects that need to be taken into account when choosing labels: researchers should seek to avoid terms that are based on hierarchical logics, are too deterministic or based on excessive generalisation; they should reject words that involve numerous conflations and reduce the agency of those concerned; and they should shun terms that obscure, or exclude, larger processes of exploitation.
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topic postcolonial
categorisation
labelling
agency
Commonwealth
spellingShingle postcolonial
categorisation
labelling
agency
Commonwealth
Brun, Marilyne
What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate
description The term “Commonwealth” was omnipresent in the activities and name of the SEPC (Société d’Études des Pays du Commonwealth) until September 2021, when the association changed its name to Société d’Études Postcoloniales. This paper discusses the SEPC’s name change by drawing on theories on labelling and categorisation to point to three major aspects that need to be taken into account when choosing labels: researchers should seek to avoid terms that are based on hierarchical logics, are too deterministic or based on excessive generalisation; they should reject words that involve numerous conflations and reduce the agency of those concerned; and they should shun terms that obscure, or exclude, larger processes of exploitation.
author Brun, Marilyne
author_facet Brun, Marilyne
author_sort Brun, Marilyne
title What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate
title_short What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate
title_full What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate
title_fullStr What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate
title_full_unstemmed What Should We Do with “Commonwealth”? What Category Theory Can Bring to the Debate
title_sort what should we do with “commonwealth”? what category theory can bring to the debate
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publishDate 2024
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