Does language dominance in academia reinforce western views?
If language shapes thought, does the dominance of western languages (English, French, etc.) in academia reinforce western worldviews, even when researching non-western subjects?
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If language shapes thought, does the dominance of western languages (English, French, etc.) in academia reinforce western worldviews, even when researching non-western subjects?
What forms of knowledge may be lost when research is conducted in a coloniser’s language, and can this loss ever be truly mitigated?