Theory
Decolonial critique of flat ontology
Explore in the Atlas →Cluster of arguments that the methodological symmetry of ANT/assemblage between humans and non-humans depoliticises power and elides colonial violence by refusing to register the historical, racialised work that turns persons into 'things'.
Power Knowledge Country
Details
- Introduced
- 2010s
Connections
- opposes ANT View of Architecture
- opposes Place as Assemblage
Referenced by
- Walter Mignolo proposed
- Arturo Escobar proposed
- Bruno Latour opposes
- Albena Yaneva opposes
- Kim Dovey relates to
Sources
- Arturo Escobar. Designs for the Pluriverse: Radical Interdependence, Autonomy, and the Making of Worlds. Duke University Press, 2018.
- Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. Zed Books / University of Otago Press, 1999.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Decolonial critique of flat ontology." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/theory/critique-of-flat-ontology/. Accessed July 17, 2026.