“Desnorteando” references: (post)/(de)colonial thoughts in the formation of the artist of the scene

Abstract

This study discusses the concepts of Colonialism, Coloniality, Post-Colonialism, and Decolonialism and their origins, histories, currents, main similarities, and differences. For this discussion, this study brings the thoughts of Catherine Walsh, Mudimbe, Wole Soyinka, Walter Mignolo, Aníbal Quijano, Edward Saïd, and Steven Feierman. Further developing the debate, it poses questions about generalizations, contradictions, targeted access to cultural research, favoritism, and critical interculturalism. It explores how these concepts relate to training and reference points especially in higher performing arts courses, presenting the reader with provocative and problematic questions. It reflects on the term “Desnortear” (to get lost, to bewilder, to disorientate, “to lose one’s north”) and intends to shift references based on years of experiences, histories, and knowledge of the Global North.

Decolonialism, Critical Interculturalism, Decolonial Epistemologies