From khakis to pith hats, certain items of clothing have become enduring emblems of European colonialism and particular scholars who know these problematic histories choose to engage in the aesthetics of colonialism in their everyday lives.
Katherine Blouin
Dr Katherine Blouin is Associate Professor in Roman History and Classics at the University of Toronto and the co-editor of the blog Everyday Orientalism. Her work focuses on the history of Hellenistic and Roman Egypt and on the colonial entanglements of Antiquity disciplines.