“Open Access” and the Fate of Knowledge from Africa: A Theoretical Discussion

Masaka, Dennis

doi:10.7709/jnegroeducation.87.4.0359

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“…Further, unlike in the positivist paradigm of northern scientific thought, many African societies do not classify science as a field distinct from the humanities, as both are often intertwined in practice. What constitutes science in African thought is a pragmatic process of studying the world that has been tested by use over many centuries [Green, 2023;Masaka, 2018]. While this process may not fit neatly into the standards prescribed for "modern" scientific inquiry, it is no less a valid method of observing the world and understanding its workings.…”

Section: Looking Back: Tracing the Trajectory Of African Scientific A...mentioning

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Looking back to launch forward: a self-reflexive approach to decolonising science education and communication in Africa

Sesan,

Ibiyemi

2023

Journal of Science Communication

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The imbalance in the global scientific landscape resulting from the enduring legacy of colonialism in the south and the hegemony of scientific paradigms originating in the north is immense. Our paper makes a case for employing traditional knowledge systems and paradigms as tools for redressing this imbalance in African societies. To achieve this goal, the paper argues, scholars and science communicators must actively pursue a radical, “power-literate” agenda of scientific decolonisation on the continent. Central to this mission is the need for scholars to be equipped with a keen sense of the past — including an understanding of what worked for knowledge production and perpetuation in pre-colonial African societies — without which science education and communication in those societies will remain untethered from the realities of the present and their visions for the future. Concurrently, attention must be given to nurturing home-grown paradigms and platforms for research in higher education that are rigorous yet unencumbered by the age-long tendency to refract African experiences through northern lenses.

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Section: Looking Back: Tracing the Trajectory Of African Scientific A...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking back to launch forward: a self-reflexive approach to decolonising science education and communication in Africa

Sesan,

Ibiyemi

2023

Journal of Science Communication

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Remembering Durban’s “Grey Street Casbah and surrounding”: Creating Urban History through Digital Spaces

Hoyer

2021

Hist. Afr.

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The “Grey Street Casbah and surrounding” is a closed Facebook group about the historically “Indian” neighborhood in downtown Durban, South Africa. It creates an informal archival repository and provides a new space to reify contemporary understandings of historical places within the Durban Central Business District. The informal nature of this space allows the layperson the ability to participate in historical inquiry and exhibits the diverse ways places in Durban are remembered and memorialized. In this paper, I argue the wealth of knowledge generated on informal online platforms, such as this Facebook group, should influence and inform historical interpretations of our urban pasts.

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Knowledge, Power, and the Search for Epistemic Liberation in Africa

Masaka

2021

Social Epistemology

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“Open Access” and the Fate of Knowledge from Africa: A Theoretical Discussion

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Looking back to launch forward: a self-reflexive approach to decolonising science education and communication in Africa

Looking back to launch forward: a self-reflexive approach to decolonising science education and communication in Africa

Remembering Durban’s “Grey Street Casbah and surrounding”: Creating Urban History through Digital Spaces

Knowledge, Power, and the Search for Epistemic Liberation in Africa

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