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Recalling the Belgian Congo - Conversations and Introspection (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
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Recalling the Belgian Congo - Conversations and Introspection (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Series: New Directions in Anthropology
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When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach
former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of
domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a
rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to
revise her initial assumptions, widely held in present-day Belgium:
these officers were not the "baddies" she had expected to meet.
Exploring the colonial experience through the respondents' memories
resulted in a far more complex picture of the colonial situation
than she had anticipated, again forcing her to question her
original assumptions. This resulted not only in a more
differentiated perspective on Belgian colonialist rule, but is also
sensitized her as regards the question of anthropological
understanding and of what constitutes historical fact. These two
aspects of her work are reflected in this study that offers
specific material on the way Belgian colonialism is remembered and
reflects on its conditions of production, thus combining
ethnographic analysis with a theoretical essay.
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