Dominate, undermine, dismiss: Everyday colonialism and the promise of reciprocity in education - Noah Romero, Hampshire College
Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Time: 12:30 AM
Location: Zoom
Our 2nd Collaboratory Zoom Workshop will be provided by Noah Romero, one of our PoP book authors and Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at Hampshire College. Dr. Romero (Filipinx - Ilocano/Visaya) holds a Ph.D. from Waipapa Taumata Rau (the University of Auckland) in the fields of Critical Studies in Education and Māori and Indigenous Education.
Dominate, undermine, dismiss: Everyday colonialism and the promise of reciprocity in education
How does empire influence how we relate to one another? This workshop invites participants to explore the insidious ways colonial patterns reproduce themselves in classrooms, organizations, and everyday life. Drawing from the framework of Dominate–Undermine–Dismiss (DUD), we will unpack how colonial systems of domination sustain and reproduce themselves by imposing authority, hollowing resistance, and rendering Indigenous and reciprocal ways of being invisible or irrelevant.
Participants will engage in reflective dialogue and embodied activities to identify where the DUD dynamic appears in their own practices, whether in teaching, leadership, collaboration, or family life. Together, we will explore how to interrupt these patterns and cultivate more mutually affirming ways of speaking, listening, and relating. Grounded in Dr. Romero's research and experiences in community education, subcultural, and anti-colonial organizing, this workshop bridges theory and practice to offer an analytic lens for identifying and subverting the interpersonal mechanisms of colonial power, particularly in education.