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J. Kēhaulani Kauanui

J. Kēhaulani Kauanui
Professor of American Studies and affiliate faculty member in Anthropology at Wesleyan University
jkauanui.faculty.wesleyan.edu
Climate & Ecology

A Botany of Decolonization

An excerpt from Maria Thereza Alves: Seeds of Change

February 13, 2023 • by J. Kēhaulani Kauanui
Colonization is built into the very soil of New York....

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