University of Portland Bulletin 2024-2025

PHL 410 Decolonial Education and Politics

Examines political foundations of education alongside epistemological, ontological, phenomenological, metaphysical, and ethical lines of 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. 

Cross Listed Courses

ETHS 410

Prerequisite

PHL 150, PHL 220