Open AccessColoniality in the German Higher Education System: Implications for Policy and Institutional Practice
Author(s) -
Lisa Unangst,
Ana M. Martínez Alemán
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
social inclusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.511
H-Index - 17
ISSN - 2183-2803
DOI - 10.17645/si.v9i3.4139
Subject(s) - german , status quo , context (archaeology) , interrogation , colonialism , higher education , sociology , identity (music) , ethnic group , political science , gender studies , law , anthropology , history , physics , archaeology , acoustics
This article focuses on the public German higher education sector as a site upon and through which coloniality is enacted. This status quo indicates exclusionary effects and merits interrogation. We briefly discuss the history of German colonialism to understand how coloniality pervades higher educational structures in the German context today. Two proposals addressing coloniality in German higher education are made: the development of structures centering diverse faculty and the support of ethnic and identity studies.