Papers by Doris Weidemann
Special issue of Cultura & Psyché: Psychological Anthropology and Decolonization of the mind, 2023
This editorial describes the context in which European sciences assisted the political and econom... more This editorial describes the context in which European sciences assisted the political and economic goals of European colonialism to either render non-European ideas and theories invisible or to devalue their scientific quality and thus cite them as evidence of the superiority of the Western mind. Psychologists and anthropologists played a significant role in these measures. Outlined against this background is the overdue necessity of decolonising of psychology and other social sciences. Examples of what facets of such a decolonisation might look like are given in the articles gathered in this Special Section of 'cultura & psyché.'
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Papers by Doris Weidemann