Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Eric Cartman]

And doing research doesn't necessarily mean you have awareness. What I mean by this is that I don't expect, say, a marine biologist to inherently be aware of the major contradictions of capitalism and their own behaviors thay conform to that system just because they are neck deep in the act of researching. Rosa researching the laws and history of a place to lend credence and inspiration to a preexisting story does not inherently mean he would have been expressing awareness, much less a desire, to pursue themes related specifically to decolonialism at the time of writing. Indeed, I can't imagine awareness of this process was all that high outside of militant African, Indigenous, and Asian circles.