ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses decolonization, its theory and praxis, and outlines the role of cultural expertise as an effective instrument for the dismantling of inequitable colonial structures. It helps the readers to learnt about: the main intellectual traditions that have shaped the field of “decoloniality”, including the concurrent trend of postcolonial studies, and ways in which cultural expertise can build on the conceptual strengths of decoloniality without inheriting its shortcomings. Decolonization represents a conceptual shift in analysing the late 20th-century world and persistent global inequalities where scholars argued that the liberation of formerly colonized nation-states was incomplete since the ideas and structures that defined the terms of subjugation had persisted through years of ostensible self-rule. In terms of theoretical models, decolonization can also benefit from an engagement with studies that examine western self-perceptions since works such as the one just quoted are premised on a rejection of western ideas.
