Whose Colonialism Counts? Toward A Strategic Decolonial Social Studies Education

This study examines how colonialism is defined in 38 social studies research articles (2001–2024), revealing three expressions: colonialism as past, settler colonialism, and critical postcolonialisms. Applying Scott's (1999) strategic criticism, I identify conceptual limits, proposing expanding colonialism's story through neocolonialism and coloniality, with implications for diverse diasporic learners' civic education.