The politics of culture and knowledge after postcolonialism: Nine theses (and a prologue)

Lal, Vinay

doi:10.1080/10304312.2012.645529

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“…History has it that colonised nations like African countries were denied this metamorphic opportunity because the first and foremost creativity of colonialism was replacing knowledge systems of the colonised in the name of a better system. This is what Lal (2012) calls "the conquest of knowledge" and it meant that even after colonialism, the colonial states and their people remained colonised indirectly. The colonial society therefore was denied the progressive opportunity of social change as elucidated by the likes of Comte (Gane, 2006) and other philosophers.…”

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Higher education research, development agendas in Africa. Where is the convergence? A literature review

Auf¹

2022

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the possible link among the African Development Bank (AfDB), Results Measurement Framework 2016–2025 and the research published at institutions of higher education on the continent in the last five years. The unregulated commercialisation of higher education in most African countries has been prone to large-scale abuse through wanting curriculum development and processes accruing to competence, skills needy and job market disoriented graduates. Design/methodology/approach This study took a qualitative literature review analysis where research papers published in the last five years on higher education in Africa were searched. These were from Google and Semantic scholar and these were categorised in a detailed concept matrix. Findings Findings indicate that there is hardly a connection between the AfDB Group development agenda on the continent and the research conducted and published by institutions of higher learning on the continent. Practical implications Universities should prioritise a needs-based research agenda in their strategic planning and this implies commitment in terms of funding, human resource competency empowerment and partnerships with development agencies on the continent. African institutions of higher learning have not emphasised applied research practices to tackle pervading knowledge needs on the continent. Just like findings indicate, research in most of these institutions has been donor driven. Originality/value This study brings to speed the fact that if transforming Africa is going to take a strategic direction in the post-COVID-19 era, then partnerships between higher education institutions and development agencies operating on the continent will be an inevitable venture.

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Higher education research, development agendas in Africa. Where is the convergence? A literature review

Auf¹

2022

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“…comm., Singapore, 3 May 2019).The absence of such a regional forum is a consequence of the already mentioned small number of interactions between SEA cities. Despite the importance of South–South dialogue involving actors at different levels, the engagement of cities in this dialogue is still limited (Lal, 2012).…”

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Southeast Asian cities as co‐producers of ecological knowledge in transnational city networks

Kamiński

2022

Singap J Trop Geogr

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In a polycentric world, cities increasingly bear responsibility for implementing climate policies. To do so, they establish transnational city networks (TCNs), which produce ambitious imaginaries of the future of cities, such as 'smart cities' or 'resilient cities', based on ecological knowledge. This paper analyses Southeast Asian (SEA) cities' participation in TCNs. First, this paper presents city networks operating in SEA. Then, drawing on a case study of Quezon City, this paper shows how SEA cities often position themselves in the network as knowledge consumers rather than (co)producers and prefer to learn from cities in the Global North. This research also shows how TCNswith limited success-seek to counter this neo-colonial knowledge flow model. The paper contributes to the literature on TCNs, arguing that the ongoing North-South imbalance needs to be addressed if networks are to promote viable models of future SEA cities. Identifying the patterns of knowledge flows inside TCNs, this study argues that networks should assist cities in imagining possible city futures beyond the experiences of the select world and global cities. TCNs should pay more attention to supporting their SEA members in looking 'outwards' to comparable cities worldwide rather than merely 'upwards' to global and mega-cities.

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Lion’s Last Roar, Eagle’s First Flight: Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956

Fowler¹

2017

Rhetoric and Public Affairs

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The Suez Crisis address, given in response to the exigencies of the Cold War, marked a dramatic shift in presidential rhetoric regarding the Middle East. In this essay I build upon Richard Gregg’s analysis of this speech by demonstrating how President Dwight Eisenhower’s rhetoric broke from previously articulated rationales for American engagement with the region and subtly proposed a new understanding of U.S. responsibility for the region that has yet to be refuted. This speech should be understood as establishing premises in presidential discourse that have been used to mobilize support for American intervention in the Middle East from the Eisenhower Doctrine to the present.

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The politics of culture and knowledge after postcolonialism: Nine theses (and a prologue)

Cited by 5 publications

References 8 publications

Higher education research, development agendas in Africa. Where is the convergence? A literature review

Higher education research, development agendas in Africa. Where is the convergence? A literature review

Southeast Asian cities as co‐producers of ecological knowledge in transnational city networks

Lion’s Last Roar, Eagle’s First Flight: Eisenhower and the Suez Crisis of 1956

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