Epistemic (in)justice in African universities: a perspective of the politics of knowledge
Epistemic (in)justice in African universities: a perspective of the politics of knowledge
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非洲大学的认知（不）正义：知识政治的视角
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2019
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通讯作者：
E. Gwaravanda
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A. Ndofirepi;E. Gwaravanda
摘要本文从理论的角度对非洲大学中存在的知识体系的不公平代表性提出了质疑。我们认为，欧洲中心主义的认识论在非洲大学的持续统治，在非洲本土知识体系的代价是不公正的。我们提供的证据表明，现有的跨学科的知识模型与非洲大学，并表明，这些模型的范围从完全西方的知识，以弱列入非洲的知识体系。我们批判性地研究认识不公正对非洲大学和非洲发展的教育影响。在这一背景下，我们建议采用去殖民化思维，重新调整非洲知识体系的中心，以提高非洲大学的相关性和真实性。
Abstract From a theoretical standpoint, the paper challenges the existing unfair representation of knowledge systems in the African university. We argue that the continued domination of Eurocentric epistemology in African universities at the expense of African indigenous knowledge systems is unjust. We provide evidence of existing models of knowledge across disciplines with the African universities and show that these models range from exclusively Western knowledge to a weak inclusion of African knowledge systems. We critically examine the educational implications of epistemic injustice to the African university and to African development. In the light of that background, we propose de-colonial thinking as a way of re-centring the African knowledge systems for the purpose of relevance and authenticity within the African university.