ABSTRACT

In this article I will first address what decolonisation is with specific reference to the colonisation and enslavement (Nelson, 2006) of Indigenous peoples, specifically my own people, the Indigenous Amami of the former Ryukyu Kingdom. According to Laenui (2006), there were five steps of colonisation, many of which I suggest are not yet complete. These steps, as a linear progression, are based on the colonisers’ viewpoints rather than the perspectives of the colonised (Nakagawa & Kouritzin, 2018). While Laenui puts forward five steps to decolonisation, I suggest that Indigenous peoples must live more than one lifetime to overthrow the mental shackles of colonisation, in particular our reliance on capitalism and its ideologies. Specifically, Indigenous peoples must first learn everything there is to learn from their oppressors, and then we must come to the limits of their knowledge and overcome the colonial mindset. I will address this, our collective lifelong learning project of auto-decolonisation, citing examples from my People’s encounters with the impact of Western education systems.

摘要

在这篇文章中，我将首先讨论什么是非殖民化，具体参考土著人民的殖民化和奴役（纳尔逊，2006 年），特别是我自己的人民，前琉球王国的土著奄美。根据 Laenui (2006)，殖民化有五个步骤，我认为其中许多步骤尚未完成。作为线性进程，这些步骤基于殖民者的观点，而不是被殖民者的观点（Nakagawa 和 Kouritzin，2018 年）。虽然 Laenui 提出了去殖民化的五个步骤，但我建议土著人民必须活过一生以上才能推翻殖民化的精神枷锁，尤其是我们对资本主义及其意识形态的依赖。具体来说，土著人民必须首先向压迫者学习一切，然后我们必须达到他们知识的极限并克服殖民心态。我将解决这个问题，我们的集体终身学习项目自动非殖民化，引用我的人民遇到西方教育系统影响的例子。