Colonization and Epistemic Injustice in Higher Education - Precursors to Decolonization

Providing coherence in understanding the role that education and higher education played in the colonizing purposes of the rich nations of the North, this book draws from multiple geo-political spaces across the world to consider how epistemic injustice has characterized colonial higher education systems.

Sommario

1. The conceptual ‘jungle’ of the decolonisation of higher education: Contestations, contradictions and opportunities 2. Is Canadian higher education under attack by neoliberal policies? 3. Long road to decolonization of neoliberal and Eurocentric South African higher education 4. Cwélelep: Dissonance and new learning at the University of Victoria 5. Decolonization and internationalization of higher education in Vietnam: A historical perspective 6. The politics of knowing in African universities: A search for decolonised epistemologies 7. The Decolonization of History at the Universities of Malaysia and Singapore: Historical and Philosophical Antecedents 8. Australian higher education: God bless you if it’s good to you 9. From the ideal to non-ideal: Towards decolonized higher education in Africa 10. Colonisation and epistemic injustice revisited: A reflection on emerging themes

Info autore

Felix Maringe is Professor of Higher Education and Head of the Wits School of Education, South Africa.

Riassunto

Providing coherence in understanding the role that education and higher education played in the colonizing purposes of the rich nations of the North, this book draws from multiple geo-political spaces across the world to consider how epistemic injustice has characterized colonial higher education systems.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Felix (University of the Witwatersrand Maringe
• Con la collaborazione di: Felix Maringe (Editore), Maringe Felix (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 27.12.2022
• EAN: 9781032014968
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3201496-8
• Pagine: 174
• Serie: Global Debates on the Decolonialization of Higher Education
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Libri sul benessere, vita quotidiana > Famiglia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; EDUCATION / General, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Moral and social purpose of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence, Moral & social purpose of education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher