Appropriations - Sandrine Colard - Introduction to the Report “Decolonizing Public Spaces in the Brussels-Capital Region”

Introduction to the Report “Decolonizing Public Spaces in the Brussels-Capital Region”

Sandrine Colard

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Equestrian statue of Leopold II located near the Parc Royal and the Palais Royal in Brussels, July 13, 2020. Photo © julien de bock.

Appropriations
May 2023










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Bambi Ceuppens, Marie-Sophie de Clippele, Sandrine Colard, Sandrine Ekofo, Dieudoné Lakama, Gia Abrassart, Laura Nsengiyumva, Lucas Catherine, Maarten Liefooghe, Margot Luyckfasseel, Georgine Dibua, Salomé Ysebaert, Yasmina Zian, and Alexandre Chevalier, Decolonising Public Spaces in the Brussels Capital Region: A Framework for Reflection and Recommendations (Brussels: Brussels Regional Public Service, 2022), .

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Eve Tuck and K. Wayne Yang, “Decolonization is not a metaphor,” Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society 1, no. 1 (2012): 1-40.

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“Introduction and Contextualization,” Decolonising Public Spaces, 13–42.

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Fabian Lefevere, "Een derde van de bevolking in België is van buitenlandse herkomst of heeft buitenlandse nationaliteit," VRT News, 13 January, 2021, .

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Emma Waterton Laurajane Smith, "There is no such thing as heritage," Taking Archaeology Out of Heritage (Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2009).

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“5.2.2. Towards a layered and differentiated spatial approach,” Decolonising Public Spaces, 132.

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“5.2 Challenges and actions at the level of the whole (capital) city (outlines for a ‘departure scenario’),” Decolonising Public Spaces, 128.

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“7.2.2. A follow-up committee,” Decolonising Public Spaces, 207.

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“7.4. Recommendations for some colonial traces,” Decolonising Public Spaces, 209.

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“7.4.1.3. Parc du Cinquantenaire,” Decolonising Public Spaces, 213.

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“3.3.11. Museum collections,” Decolonising Public Spaces, 79.