University of Portland Bulletin 2025-2026

PHL 310 Decolonial Education and Politics

Examines political foundations of education alongside epistemological, ontological, phenomenological, metaphysical, and ethical inquiry. Addresses issues relating to educational injustices, such as discrimination, oppression, colonialism. Features thinkers outside the "Western" canon of philosophy, and thinkers "outside" the discipline of philosophy, as this discipline has often been construed by the "Western" tradition.

Prerequisite

PHL 150 and PHL 220