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Record Nr.

UNISA996659460203316

Autore

Pelican Michaela

Titolo

Decolonising the Future Academy in Africa and Beyond : Institutional Development and Collaboration

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bielefeld : , : transcript Verlag, , 2025

©2025

ISBN

9783839475966

3839475961

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 pages)

Collana

Postcolonial Studies ; ; 54

Altri autori (Persone)

ZaferKarim

BolligMichael

ArndtMaria

Disciplina

378.6

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Editorial -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Towards Decolonising the Future Academy in Africa and Beyond -- Part 1: Historical Trajectories of Anthropology at African Universities -- Dynamics of Anthropology Teaching and Practice in Cameroonian Universities (1962–2023) -- Notes on the Institutional Development of Anthropology in Egypt, and Toward its Decolonisation -- Thoughts on “Coloniality” and “Africanity” -- Part 2: Decolonising the Academy – Practical Examples -- “Because Rhodes Fell” -- (Re)Building Epistemology or (Re)Shaping Societal Outlook -- Towards Parity in Knowledge Production within the Framework of North-South Collaboration -- Doing Anthropology at Home, in Chad -- Decolonising the “Native”, Insider and Outsider Categories in Anthropology -- Authors’ Biographies

Sommario/riassunto

What does it mean to decolonise academia in Africa? Is this important project limited to the humanities? Is it a project for the future? Are there forerunners at African universities today? The contributors to this volume show different trajectories for anthropology as a discipline and for decolonising academia across the continent and beyond. They offer a variety of perspectives, especially regarding collaboration between



African and German scholars in the areas of research, teaching and institutional development: While some are hopeful and take inspiration from earlier experiences of disciplinary and methodological developments in academic decolonisation and international collaborations, others remain critical and call for more radical attempts at decolonisation.