"In Bezug auf die Kontextualisierung verschiedener postkolonialer Artikulationen im Rahmen ihrer globalen Interdependenz ist somit in Abwandlung eines Spruches von Gayatri Spivak zu fragen "What sort of coding has produced this text?" (Spivak 1990, 19). Spivaks Interesse richtet sich darauf, welche spezifischen Machtverhältnisse es einem Individuum ermöglichen, sich in einer bestimmten Logik zu beschreiben und zu erklären. (Gutierrez Rodriguez 2001) In diesem Sinne müssen wir in Bezug auf die Übertragung postkolonialer Ansätze in den deutschen Kontext mit Spivaks Worten also nicht nur fragen: Can the subaltern speak?, oder auch Can the subaltern speak German? Die Frage muss vielmehr lauten: But even if he or she has been talking on for centuries - why didn't anybody listen?"

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"In reference to the contextualization of various postcolonial articulations in conjunction with their global interdependence, the question - rephrased from a saying by Gayatri Spivak - must be raised, "what sort of coding has produced this text?" (Spivak 1990, 19). Spivak's interest focuses on the specific power relations that enable an individual to describe and explain herself or himself within a certain logic. (Gutiérrez Rodrigues 2001) In reference to the transfer of postcolonial approaches to the German context, in this sense we must not only ask with Spivak's words: Can the subaltern speak?, or even: Can the subaltern speak German? Instead the question must be: But even if he or she has been talking on for centuries - why didn't anybody listen?"

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