Mykaela Saunders challenges colonial concepts of time – and their use to dehumanise Indigneous people

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Mykaela Saunders challenges colonial concepts of time – and their use to dehumanise Indigneous people

Mykaela Saunders UQPOur understanding of ourselves is woven together with threads of time: a concept deeply entangled with power, culture and identity. Time is not a neutral concept. Historically, time has acted as a tool of oppression and marginalisation. Colonial notions of “civilisation” were linked inescapably to the prudent use of time. So on the one hand, time is an objective measurement derived from observation of phenomena. On the othe…