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#eurocentrism

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Pauline von Hellermann

@albertcardona 4/n

- #Eurocentrism is: truly believing that the EU is a genuinely benign project that is about peace, harmony and cooperation, a beacon of goodness in the world; and not knowing or wilfully ignoring that it is also, or even primarily, a project by and for capital interests, and that in general it protects European interests over others (and that its borders, eg #Ceuta, are violent, killing people). And yes, still talking about certain family members

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Pauline von Hellermann

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- #Eurocentrism is being completely comfortable with only reading European/US authors, only listening to European/US music, not realising that there is so much you are missing out on (“world” music doesn’t count - what an awful Eurocentric concept in itself).
-#Eurocentrism is not having any real interest in or knowledge about the rest of the world and thinking that is ok.

(And yes i am writing certain family members. That’s what this is about).

Pauline von Hellermann

What is #Eurocentrism? A few ways to think about it - not based on specific reading, just my thoughts. Feel free to add!

- #Eurocentrism is talking about “European values” as self-evidently good, without stopping to think where that idea comes from & what it says about you and your knowledge of attitude to the rest of the world

- #Eurocentrism is being a white European living in Europe, never thinking about colonialism and how your comfort & wealth, your morning coffee, derives from it
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Pauline von Hellermann

Does anyone have any advice here on how to make your Mastodon less eurocentric? I do regular searches, follow people from outside Europe/US whenever I come across them, etc, but it’s quite slow, hard work. I was wondering whether there is a more strategic way - ie is there a list of instances that are not Europe/US based, and from which I could follow one person each or something? Not interested in changing my own instance, just to get more global connections. #Eurocentrism

Serhii Nazarovets

North vs South 🧭: Researchers find that empirical papers written by authors affiliated to institutions of the global North, using data from the countries, are less likely to include a concrete geographical reference in their titles. When authors are affiliated to global South institutions, n use evidence from global South countries, the names of the countries are more likely to be part of the article’s title:

:doi: doi.org/10.1073/pnas.211937311

#scientometrics#knowledge#inequalities
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Jim Wald

@conradhackett

Useful reminder. Though it is equally useful to remind readers that these #mercator projection #maps are not a reflection of #Eurocentrism: they were designed primarily for navigation purposes, thus not at all intended as a realistic representation of actual space

markmonmonier.com/rhumb_lines_

nytimes.com/1988/10/25/science

www.markmonmonier.comMark Monmonier - Rhumb Lines and Map Wars: A Social History of the Mercator ProjectionThe website of Mark Monmonier, author of "How to Lie with Maps" and other books on the societal impacts of mapping.
#mapping#cartography
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El Joa

I have seen the top of that thread pass me by (get boosted in my timeline) a few times, but only seeing your suggestion to read the whole tread made me do that.

So:
1. Thanks for making me read the thread
2. I'll try to think about what this means, what is says about me...

For one: recommendations work. Nice.

But also something along the lines of: I am not paying attention to what @silverspookgames hast to say :-( - until @aral suggest to do that....

#eurocentrism might be one part of it...

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