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Title: Decolonisation in Universities
Condition: New
Subtitle: The politics of knowledge
ISBN-10: 1776143353
EAN: 9781776143351
ISBN: 9781776143351
Publisher: Wits University Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 01/08/2019
Description: Shortly after the giant bronze statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, student protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. It was a word hardly heard in South Africa’s struggle lexicon and many asked: What exactly is decolonisation? This book brings together some of the most innovative thinking on curriculum theory to address this important question. In the process, several critical questions are raised: Is decolonisation simply a slogan for addressing other pressing concerns on campuses and in society? What is the colonial legacy with respect to curricula and can it be undone? How is the project of curricula decolonisation similar to or different from the quest for post-colonial knowledge, indigenous knowledge or a critical theory of knowledge? What does decolonisation mean in a digital age where relationships between knowledge and power are shifting? Strong conceptual analyses are combined with case studies of attempts to ‘do decolonisation’ in settings as diverse as South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania and Mauritius. This comparative perspective enables reasonable judgments to be made about the prospects for institutional take-up within the curriculum of century-old universities. Decolonisation in Universities is essential reading for undergraduate teaching, postgraduate research and advanced scholarship in the field of curriculum studies.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: ZA
Item Height: 244mm
Item Length: 170mm
Author: Achille Mbembe, Lesley Le Grange, Crain Soudien, Ursula Hoadle, Mlungisi Dlamini, Grant Parker, Mahmood Mamdani, Jess Auerbach, Shireen Motala, Tarryn de Kock, Yusuf Sayed, Brenda Schmahmann, Jonathan D. Jansen, André Keet, Jaamia Galant, Piet Naude, Lis Lange
Contributor: Jonathan D. Jansen (Edited by)
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: Society & Culture, Children's Learning & Education
Release Year: 2019

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