Epistemic Justice and the Postcolonial University

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910984667703321
• Autore: Pande Amrita
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2023; ©2023
• ISBN: 9781776147861; 1776147863
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): ChaturvediRuchi; DayaShari; AzariSepideh; BensonKoni; CooperHal; GovenderKerusha; KessiShose; MakhubuNomusa; MasolaAthambile
• Disciplina: 378.1010968
• Soggetti: Education, Higher - Aims and objectives - South Africa; Postcolonialism - Social aspects - South Africa; Settler colonialism - South Africa; Social justice and education - South Africa; Universities and colleges - Social aspects; Universities and colleges - Social aspects - South Africa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction: Epistemic Justice and the University of Cape Town: Thinking Across Disciplines -- Part I: Aesthetics, Politics and Languages -- 1. Ukuhamba Ukubona/Travelling to Know: Mobility as Counter-Curriculum Across Africa -- 2. Publics, Politics, Place and Pedagogy in Urban Studies -- 3. Imagining Southern Cities: Experiments in an ; Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Space -- 4. Invoking Names: Finding Black Women's Lost Narratives in the Classroom -- Part II: Justice, Curriculum and the Classroom -- 5. Decolonising Psychology in Africa: The Curriculum as Weapon -- 6. The Shards Haven't Settled: Contesting Hierarchies of (Teaching) History -- 7. Heavy-Handed Policing: Teaching Law and Practice to LLB Students in South Africa -- Part III: Contested Histories and Ethical Spaces -- 8. African Studies at UCT: An Interview with Lungisile Ntsebeza -- 9. The African Gender Institute: A Journey of Placemaking -- 10. The Ethic of Reconciliation and a New Curriculum -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses urgent current debates on decolonisation by offering reimagined teaching and learning interventions for obtaining greater epistemic justice in the contemporary postcolonial university.