Postcolonial theory can generate counterpresents, not just counterhistories

Evidence

Because we are only at the start of this new colonialism, we cannot be sure what this mode of production will eventually look like. We can, however, borrow from postcolonial and decolonial thinking tools to articulate not just counterhistories but counterpresents, or alternative understandings of contemporary social orders. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 579

Categorization

• DEFINE: ‘Counterpresent’ is a coined concept: alternative readings of the present order drawn from decolonial rather than historical frames.
• XREF: connects to: Yearning for a precolonial essence traps politics in the past instead of the present; Postcolonial scholarship covers four areas from counterhistory to decolonized methodologies. — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection: How Data Is…, 889; Bedjaoui proposed corrective inequality to redress postcolonial exploitation. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 418 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Yearning for a precolonial essence traps politics in the past instead of the present #complicates (0.85)
• Postcolonial scholarship covers four areas from counterhistory to decolonized methodologies. #expands (0.75) — Nick Couldry & Ulises A. Mejias, The Costs of Connection, 889