Post Colonial Mentality and the Imperialism of Culture - Dr. Furrukh Khan - LUMS Professor -TPE #048
Dr. Furrukh Khan is an Associate Professor at LUMS. He has a PhD in Postcolonial Studies from University of Kent at Canterbury, where he taught for two years prior to coming to LUMS. Dr. Furrukh Khan comes on The Pakistan Experience to discuss culture, literature and language and how they intersect to create identity and history. Dr. Khan talks about how colonialism, and neocolonialism, is leading to the commodification of culture and the erasure of local languages. Are Lahoris Jahil? is Punjabi Culture inferior? Is Dr. Nauman the worst thing to happen to PTV? Listen and find out on this episode of The Pakistan Experience. The Pakistan Experience is a podcast looking to tell stories about Pakistan, and Pakistanis, through the lost art of conversation.
