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For an epistemic decolonisation of education from the ubuntu philosophy.

Authors :
Viegas Brás, José Gregório
Source :
Pedagogy, Culture & Society. Jan2024, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p61-76. 16p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Drawing on ubuntu philosophy and notions of otherness, this paper and refers to, but is not limited to, the South African experience. In a relatively humanising turn, Ubuntu draws our attention to wider forms of interdependence with all that surrounds us: the dead, the living and the yet unborn, the physical and social environment, what is closest to us and furthest from us, the visible and the invisible. In this world of neoliberal globalisation, ubuntu emerges as an ecopolitical alternative. It is a form of knowledge that makes us more humane. To explore the educational legacies of Post-Colonial Africa, the following questions were asked: in the field of peace education, do we have more to learn from the culture of the ruler or of the ruled? However, ubuntu philosophy potentially represents an invaluable contribution to the education of anew humanity capable of implementing perpetual peace. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14681366
Volume :
32
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Pedagogy, Culture & Society
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
174679475
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2021.2011386