Besides the ongoing concern with the epistemological and theoretical
hegemony of the West in African academic practice, the book aims at
understanding how knowledge is produced and controlled through the
interplay of the politics of knowledge and current intellectual
discourses in universities in Africa. In this regard, the book calls
for African universities to relocate from the position of object to
subject in order to gain a form of liberated epistemological voice
more responsive to the social and economic complexities of the
continent. In itself, this is a critical exposé of contemporary
practices in knowledge advancement in the continent. Broadly the book
addresses the following questions: How can African universities
reinvent knowledge production and dissemination in the face of the
dominant Eurocentricism so pervasive and characteristic of academic
practice in Africa to enhance their relevance to the contexts in which
they operate? How can such change, particularly at knowledgeproduction
and distribution levels, be undertaken, without falling into an
intellectual and discursive ghettoization in the global context? What
then is the role of academics, policy makers and curriculum and
program designers in dealing with biases and distortions to integrate
policies, knowledge and pedagogy that reflect current cultural
diversity, both local and global? Against this backdrop, while some
contributions in this book argue that emancipatory epistemic voice in
African universities is not yet born, or it is struggling with little
success, many dissenting voices charge that if Africans do not take
responsibility and construct knowledge strategies for their own
emancipation, who will?
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Volume 1 – Current Debates
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789463008426
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
SensePublishers
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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