The genesis of the term “loot” in colonial India has racist origins. Now, after the US president called for the killing of those “looting,” its origins become increasingly significant.
Author Archives: vazirafyz
Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar is an associate professor of history at Brown University and presently working on a book called The Ruin Archive: Art and War at the Ends of Empire. She is also part of the Decolonial Collective on the Migration of Objects and People.