The new scientific article by Boaventura Santos de Sousa entitled "Twelve theses on the decolonization of history" is now available for reading. In this text, the author explores how the weight of history varies between generations: the "inaugural generations", who live in a context of change, and the "coming generations", who carry a heavier past. Santos de Sousa invites us to reflect on how history is perceived differently depending on lived experience, highlighting the separation between those who prefer to forget and those who cannot afford to do so. This article, written from the perspective of Southern epistemologies, is essential reading for understanding the complexities of our shared history.
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