Western theorists depend structurally on indigenous translators who know the local languages

Evidence

A particularly large mechanism in the assembly of this archive has been the institutionalized symbiosis between the Western scholar and the local informant, which is frequently re-enacted nowno doubt in far more subtle ways - between the contemporary literary theorist of the West, who typically does not know a non-Western language, and the indigenous translator or essayist, who typically knows one or two. — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 311

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Western scholars now depend on indigenous informants, re-enacting colonial knowledge production — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory: Nations, Classes, Literatures, 124

Broader Connections

• Western scholars now depend on indigenous informants, re-enacting colonial knowledge production #corroborates (0.90) — Aijaz Ahmad, In Theory, 124