Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization
There has been a persistent contest among contemporary scholars over what is considered legitimate knowledge. This contest has implications on ways of knowing, organizing society, and responding to environmental challenges. The Western education system is a hybrid of different knowledge, adopted thr...
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| description | There has been a persistent contest among contemporary scholars over what is considered legitimate knowledge. This contest has implications on ways of knowing, organizing society, and responding to environmental challenges. The Western education system is a hybrid of different knowledge, adopted through European global expansion, to enrich our learning in formal educational settings. This article examines the production of Western knowledge and its validation, imposition, and effects on indigenous people and their knowledge. The author argues that there is a relationship between knowledge producers and their motives with the society in which they live. This relationship influences what is considered “legitimate knowledge” in society, politics, and economy in non-Western contexts. |
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| spelling | oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-1342024-01-17T04:44:07Z Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization Francis Akena, Adyanga decolonization, denigration, indigenous knowledge, knowledge production, Western knowledge There has been a persistent contest among contemporary scholars over what is considered legitimate knowledge. This contest has implications on ways of knowing, organizing society, and responding to environmental challenges. The Western education system is a hybrid of different knowledge, adopted through European global expansion, to enrich our learning in formal educational settings. This article examines the production of Western knowledge and its validation, imposition, and effects on indigenous people and their knowledge. The author argues that there is a relationship between knowledge producers and their motives with the society in which they live. This relationship influences what is considered “legitimate knowledge” in society, politics, and economy in non-Western contexts. Kabale University 2019-02-25T12:40:23Z 2019-02-25T12:40:23Z 2012 Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/134 application/pdf Journal of Black Studies |
| spellingShingle | decolonization, denigration, indigenous knowledge, knowledge production, Western knowledge Francis Akena, Adyanga Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization |
| title | Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization |
| title_full | Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization |
| title_fullStr | Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization |
| title_full_unstemmed | Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization |
| title_short | Critical Analysis of the Production of Western Knowledge and Its Implications for Indigenous Knowledge and Decolonization |
| title_sort | critical analysis of the production of western knowledge and its implications for indigenous knowledge and decolonization |
| topic | decolonization, denigration, indigenous knowledge, knowledge production, Western knowledge |
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