Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self- Knowledge Volume 10 Issue 1 Decolonizing the University: Practicing Pluriversity Article 4 1-1-2012 Catching Up with the (New) West: e German “Excellence Initiative,” Area Studies, and the Re- Production of Inequality Manuela Boatcã Freie Universitat Berlin, manuela.boatca@fu-berlin.de Follow this and additional works at: hp://scholarworks.umb.edu/humanarchitecture Part of the Curriculum and Instruction Commons , Education Policy Commons , International and Comparative Education Commons , and the Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons is Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. It has been accepted for inclusion in Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at UMass Boston. For more information, please contact library.uasc@umb.edu. Recommended Citation Boatcã, Manuela (2012) "Catching Up with the (New) West: e German “Excellence Initiative,” Area Studies, and the Re- Production of Inequality," Human Architecture: Journal of the Sociology of Self-Knowledge: Vol. 10: Iss. 1, Article 4. Available at: hp://scholarworks.umb.edu/humanarchitecture/vol10/iss1/4