Pathways to Alternative Epistemologies in Africa

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-60651-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 448 g

This volume investigates alternative epistemological pathways by which knowledge production in Africa can proceed. The contributors, using different intellectual dynamics, explore the existing epistemological dominance of the West—from architecture to gender discourse, from environmental management to democratic governance—and offer distinct and unique arguments that challenge the denigration of the different and differing modes of knowing that the West considered “barbaric” and “primitive.” This volume therefore constitutes a minimal gesture that further contributes to the ongoing discourse on alternative modes of knowing in Africa.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Afolayan, Adeshina

Oloruntoba, Samuel Ojo

Yacob-Haliso, Olajumoke

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Afrikanische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Introduction: Alternative Epistemologies and the Imperative of an Afrocentric Mythology



Part I: Theories and Methodologies



Chapter Two

Between Particularism and Universalism: The Promise of Epistemic Contextualism in African Epistemology



Chapter Three

The Quest for Africanizing Qualitative Inquiry: A Pathway to Methodological Innovation



Chapter Four

The State and the State of Knowledge Production in African Universities: Rethinking Identity and Curricula



Chapter Five

Afrocentricity, African Agency and Knowledge Systems



Part II: Epistemological Practices



Chapter Six

Cultural Environmentalism in Wale Ogunyemi’s Langbodo and Femi Osofisan’s Many Colours Make the Thunder-King



Chapter Seven

Security, Local Community, and the Democratic Political Culture in Africa.



Chapter Eight

The “African Prints”: Africa and Aesthetics in the Textile World



Chapter Nine

On the Search for Identity in African Architecture



Chapter Ten

Towards an Endogenous Interpretation of Polygamy and Gender Relations: A Critique of Lola Shoneyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives



Chapter Eleven

Religion, Patriarchal Construction and Gender Complementarity in Nigeria



Chapter Twelve

Yoruba Traditional Instrumental Ensemble and Indigenous Knowledge Systems



Chapter Thirteen

Knowledge Production and Pedagogy among Islamic Scholars in Kano: A Case Study of Shaykh Tijani Usman Zangon Bare-Bari (1916-1970)

Über Autor(innen)

Adeshina Afolayan is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.



Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso is Professor of Political Science at Babcock University, Nigeria.



Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba is Associate Professor at Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa and Visiting Professor, Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.