How can We Decolonize the Study of Difference?

How Can We Decolonize The Study Of Difference?
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How Can We Decolonize The Study Of Difference?
The study of difference brings forth the idea that human societies have a lot in common and significant differences. Studying these differences in detail illuminates the misconceptions one may have of their particular community and how they make us similar. In her article Conceiving Relatedness Non-Substantial Relations among Kamea of Papua New Guinea, Sandra Bamford puts forth some direction on how we can decolonize the study of difference. She does so by studying the kinship relationships among the people of Kamea in Papua New Guinea and compares the same to Euro-American relationships.
According to Bamford (2004), the relationship between siblings is a link established by one parent, the mother, rather than two parents exchanging bodily substances to bring forth an offspring in the Kamea society. It...