Date of Award
2015
Document Type
Honors Thesis (Open Access)
Department
Colby College. Global Studies Program
Advisor(s)
Laura Seay
Second Advisor
Chandra Bhimull
Abstract
What happens when two distinct cultures come into contact? During colonialism, this resulted in the practice of "othering," or the separation of colonial identity, portrayed as positive, modern and good, from colonized identity, illustrated as backward, barbaric and sinful. In this paper, I discuss the ways that Homi K. Bhabha's concept of "hybridity," or the ways that the intersection of these two spheres caused a third "hybrid" culture to arise, manifests in contemporary development practice. Based on a month of field research in Kisumu, Kenya this past January, I discuss the ways that these "hybrids" have formed at the intersection of Western-funded development NGOs and the communities that they try to help, and the potential of these hybrid systems when conceptualizing future development. I focus specifically on language, banking, land and health.
Keywords
development, hybridity, post-colonial studies, Homi K. Bhabha, Kenya, Luo
Recommended Citation
Tuttle, Hannah F. and Tuttle, Hannah, "Bhabha's Hybridity and Kenyan Development: A Close Look at Banking, Land and Health" (2015). Honors Theses. Paper 759.https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/honorstheses/759
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