Bischoff, Eva: Settler Imperialism and Indigenous Peoples: The Case of Australia (original) (raw)
Settler colonies operate within the larger framework of colonial projects, at times intersecting or overlapping with, at times subverting, other forms of colonisation or empire building. In contrast to other colonisers, settlers superimpose a new social, economic, and ecological order, aiming at the permanent transformation of their new home. 'Settlers come to stay' (Wolfe 2006, p. 388). These four words characterise the central characteristic of a particular colonial formation: the settler colony. It operates within the larger framework of colonial projects, at times intersecting or overlapping with, at times subverting, other forms of colonisation or empire building. In contrast to other colonisers, however, settlers superimpose a new social, economic, and ecological order, aiming at the permanent transformation of their new home. Indigenous populations are therefore to vanish either by assimilation, dislocation, or physical annihilation.