Futuring an ‘Inclusive Knowledge Futures’ framework beyond IR theories

Onditi, Francis

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2022.102992

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“…In light of the above background, invoking interlocalization has become part of the political economy debate through which Afrocentric international studies scholars begin to question the continued absence of Africanness in the study of international affairs. Francis Onditi's (2022) exploratory study on the future of Africa within this knowledge milieu made some interesting conclusions: (1) There exists no functional Africa-specific knowledge architecture. (2) The growth of African epistemological prism will essentially depend on how the African knowledge bases such as ujamaa and ubaraza can be harnessed.…”

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“…The Zelezaean demystification brings to the fore a number of issues that require attention; the understanding that the absence of African epistemology in international studies is tied to the future of African political economy, and that addressing the knowledge lacuna will require reinvigoration of the African intellectual architecture (Onditi, 2022). In the context of the scarcity of an intellectual architecture, the need for the interpretation of concepts of international studies an using African prism is inevitable (Udefi, 2014, p. 108).…”

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Gaming Borderless Internationalism: From International to Interlocalized System Using Ujamaa Epistemology

Onditi,

Amuhaya

2023

International Studies

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This article develops a proposed unifying theoretical framework for the concept of ‘interlocalization ’ as an explanatory adjustment to the hegemonic concept of internationalism. This is a response to an exploratory study by Francis Onditi, published by the Futures, ‘Futuring an “Inclusive Knowledge Futures” Framework beyond IR Theories’, aimed at elucidating Afrocentric international studies scholars’ understanding of Africa’s futures that emboldens both local and global value systems. In the current article, ‘interlocalization ’ is defined as a process of (re)creating a seamless linkage between African local epistemologies ( ujamaa) and international knowledge systems. In this system of knowledge production and consumption, institutions and debates shift from the national scale to the global scale and downwards to the local level. In this proliferation and restless knowledge scaling, it remains blurred, whether the local African epistemologies and knowledge networks are capable of becoming simultaneously more globalized and transnational? In this article, we utilize gaming model to theoretically simulate the ‘ positivity’ and ‘ negativity’ of the attributes that build up a mutual global system and international order.

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Gaming Borderless Internationalism: From International to Interlocalized System Using Ujamaa Epistemology

Onditi,

Amuhaya

2023

International Studies

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Eurocentrism vs. Afrocentric Scholarship: A Constructive Disruptive Account of an Academic (Conflictology) Self-Reflexivity

Onditi

2024

Alternatives: Global, Local, Political

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This review study aims to debunk the notion that the Global South, particularly Africa, is essentially a consumer of knowledge produced by the Global North. While some scholars have argued that the lopsided nature of the global knowledge architecture might be attributed to North-South politics and the historical legacy of colonialism, the issue of “self-consciousness” in reinventing scientific methodological approaches within academic disciplines remains insufficiently addressed among scholars in the Global South. Using the case of “ conflictology” as an emerging academic discipline and insights from the three cardinal principles of transformative leadership, this study explores new frontiers of knowledge production from my own field experiences researching the viability of African interethnic border markets as Infrastructures for Peace (I4P). This is part of the long-term, complex research agenda I have pursued in my quest for a scientific “ explanation” of the concept of “ closeness centrality” in the study of conflict evolutionary theories in human society.

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Futuring an ‘Inclusive Knowledge Futures’ framework beyond IR theories

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Gaming Borderless Internationalism: From International to Interlocalized System Using Ujamaa Epistemology

Gaming Borderless Internationalism: From International to Interlocalized System Using Ujamaa Epistemology

Eurocentrism vs. Afrocentric Scholarship: A Constructive Disruptive Account of an Academic (Conflictology) Self-Reflexivity

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