Decolonizing African Studies Pedagogies : Knowledge Production, Epistemic Imperialism and Black Agency

• Autore: Andrews Nathan
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023; ©2023
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages)
• Disciplina: 960
• Altri autori: KhalemaNene Ernest
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Resurgent and Insurgent Decolonization of the Twenty-first Century-A Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Praise for Decolonizing African Studies Pedagogies -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Re-Storying African (Studies) Pedagogies: Decolonizing Knowledge and Centering Black Agency? -- Introduction -- What's at Stake in Re-Storying African (Studies) Pedagogies? -- What's in a Word? Coloniality and Epistemicide -- Decolonization and Decoloniality, or How Not to (Mis)use the D-word -- Nativist Decolonization as a Caution? -- Overview of Chapters -- In Lieu of Conclusion: Black Agency, Africanity, and Decolonial Afro-Futures -- References -- 2 Beyond Reaction: (Re)-Imagining African Agency in the Decolonization of Knowledge -- Introduction -- History and Contexts of the Silencing of Knowledge(s) in Africa -- Coloniality of Knowledge -- Contradictions of Post-Colonial States and Entanglement with Eurocentrism -- Sites of Epistemic Resistance in Africa -- Reimagining Decolonization of Knowledge Beyond Reaction -- Embracing Indigenous African Knowledge(s) in Recentering Africa -- Concluding Reflections: Embracing African Indigenous Knowledge Systems in African Studies Pedagogies -- References -- 3 Africa, Knowledge Production and Scholarly Prestige -- Introduction -- Assessing the Current State of Knowledge Production in Africa -- A Lack of Critical Reflection in Course Syllabus -- External Validation, Publishing and Knowledge Production -- The "Localization of Journals" -- The Realities and Politics of Language -- Knowledge Production in a Fragile Context -- The Research and Development Funding Gap -- An Alternative Framework -- References -- 4 #RepresentationMatters: Unpacking the Prevalence of Whiteness in the Teaching of African Studies Abroad. ; Introduction -- Theoretical Underpinnings -- Methods of Data Collection -- Discussion of Findings -- Representation Dynamics in the United Kingdom -- Representation Dynamics in Canadian Universities -- Representation Dynamics in the United States -- Concluding Reflections -- References -- 5 Constructing Knowledge About Africa in a South African University Classroom: Living Creatively with the Colonial Library -- Introduction -- What is Worrying About My Students' Views? -- Escaping the Colonial Library -- Back to the Classroom-Responding to Exclusionary Forms of Essentialism -- Engaging Creatively with the Colonial Library in the Classroom -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 "Dem European Teachings in My African School": Unpacking Coloniality and Eurocentric Hegemony in African Education Through Burna Boy's Monsters You Made -- Introduction -- Post-Independence Failures and the Making of the "Monsters" -- The Impact of Colonialism and Coloniality in Africa -- Eurocentric Hegemony and African Education -- Challenges and Possibilities of Epistemic Decolonization in Africa -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Is Sub-Saharan Africa a Knowledge Society or Economy? -- Introduction -- Knowledge Economy and/or Society: Commonly Used Metrics or Indices -- Global Knowledge Index -- Global Innovation Index -- SSA's Position in Knowledge Economy and/or Society: Commonly Used Metrics or Indices -- Sub-Saharan Africa: A Different Kind of Knowledge Society or Economy? -- Epistemic Justice and Implications for African Pedagogies -- Conclusions -- References -- 8 The Perceived Universality of the West and the Silencing of "Africa" in Western Syllabi of International Relations -- Introduction -- What is Western About Western IR -- Coloniality of Knowledge and Epistemic Racism -- Provincializing Western Knowledge -- Historicism -- From Chakrabarty to IR. ; Conclusion: What Westerners Can Do About Coloniality of Knowledge in IR Pedagogy -- References -- 9 The Façade of "Transforming" Post-apartheid Universities in South Africa: Towards African-Centred Practices and Processes of Redress -- Introduction -- Trends in Transforming Higher Education in South Africa -- The Façade of Transformation, Transformers, and Being Transformed? -- Towards African-Centred Practices and Processes of Redress -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Agency, Africanity, and Some Propositions for Engaged Scholarship -- On Discourse, Agency, and Ownership -- On Knowledge, Teaching, and Talking Africa -- Propositions for Engaged Scholarship -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Decolonizing African Studies Pedagogies
• ISBN: 3-031-37442-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765476203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Political Pedagogies Series