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colonial knowledge: a standalone construct

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Imperial history

the forms of knowledge, such as surveys, census and ethnography, through which colonial states defined and ruled their subjects.

In imperial history, colonial knowledge refers to the forms of knowledge, such as surveys, census and ethnography, through which colonial states defined and ruled their subjects. This meaning comes from Cohn (1997) in Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge.[1]

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References

Cohn, B. S. (1997). Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge. Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400844326

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