…they seem to me to be taking on the predominant culture in many ways, crafting a series of powerful decolonization tools and methodologies as they go. The most important of these maybe the rejection of the corporate world’s modus operandi of stripping people clean of their culture and replacing their inherent self-worth with a need to consume. Instead of consuming endlessly to mount their identity these youth are exploring the opposite of consumption: giving. They are evaluating what they have to offer and trying to find practical ways to give that to the world.<\/p>\n
I have been writing for a long time that the process of decolonization is ultimately not and external battle with systems and behaviours, but rather an internal fight to reclaim authentic intention and culture.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Of course, it is not just native people whose identities and specialness are being stripped away (consumed?) by the mainstream monoculture of big money and media. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chris Corrigan posted this after three days in Open Space with Aboriginal youth leaders in British Columbia… …they seem to me to be taking on the predominant culture in many ways, crafting a series of powerful decolonization tools and methodologies as they go. The most important of these maybe the rejection of the corporate world’s … <\/p>\n
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