In this paper, we critique the colonial conception of time and present alternative decolonial temporalities. We propose that the colonial conception of time, which is linear and scarcity centred, is limiting when it comes to the possibility of contextually theorizing trauma and healing. We offer two main arguments. The first argument explores the discourse around the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in South Africa. Focusing specifically on Winnie Madikizela and F. W De Klerk, we show that in their engagement with the TRC, the linear, scarcity‐centred and gendered nature of colonial time was animated. The second argument extends the first argument by considering how temporality is ‘captured’ by colonialism to foreground and universalize Western subjectivities and sensibilities. We use what Derek Hook calls a psycho‐societal‐diagnostic framework in conjunction with Fanon to show how subjectivities are structured in post‐apartheid South Africa. We then consider how this time–subjectivity relationship is enacted at a geopolitical level. The paper ends by considering decolonial temporalities as a way to ‘re‐cognize’ at a collective level. While the paper engages with a series of concepts and ideas, namely capitalism, politics of justice, gender and race, these are threaded by the concept of time.

中文翻译：

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从殖民时代到非殖民时期的时间性


在本文中，我们批判了殖民的时间概念，并提出了替代性的去殖民化时间性。我们提出，殖民时期的时间概念是线性的和以稀缺为中心的，当涉及到将创伤和治愈置于语境中理论化的可能性时，它是有限的。我们提供两个主要论点。第一个论点探讨了围绕南非真相与和解委员会 （TRC） 的讨论。特别关注 Winnie Madikizela 和 F. W De Klerk，我们展示了在他们与 TRC 的接触中，殖民时间的线性、稀缺性和性别化本质被激活了。第二个论点扩展了第一个论点，考虑了殖民主义如何“捕获”了时间性，以突出和普遍化西方的主体性和情感。我们与 Fanon 结合使用 Derek Hook 所说的心理-社会-诊断框架来展示后种族隔离南非的主体性是如何构建的。然后，我们考虑这种时间-主观性关系是如何在地缘政治层面上实施的。本文最后将去殖民化的时间性视为在集体层面上“重新认识”的一种方式。虽然本文涉及一系列概念和想法，即资本主义、正义政治、性别和种族，但这些概念和想法都与时间的概念有关。