Foundational Concepts of Decolonial and Southern Epistemologies

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-80041-884-4
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 194 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 393 g

This book brings together 11 prominent scholars and political activists to discuss and explore issues around postcolonialism, decoloniality, Theories of the South and Epistemologies of the South. These wide-ranging discussions touch upon issues from academic research methods and writing conventions to global struggles for justice. Together the chapters, as well as the interventions from forum participants which are characteristic of this series, paint a complex and dynamic picture of areas of thought and action that are constantly evolving in response to the demands of a world in flux. The book is a major intervention in current debates about the geopolitics of knowledge, as well as an illustration of the ways in which scholarship in the Global North(s) is indebted to the diverse traditions of scholarship in the Global South(s).

Autoren/Hrsg.

Makoni, Sinfree

Kaiper-Marquez, Anna

Madany-Saá, Magda

Antia, Bassey E.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments and Gratitude

Foreword

Chapter 1. Sinfree Makoni, Anna Kaiper-Marquez and Bassey Antia: Introduction

Chapter 2. Jean Comaroff: Theory from the South: Thinking Out Loud About Decolonization

Chapter 3. Boaventura de Sousa Santos: Epistemologies of the South: Justice Against Epistemicide

Chapter 4. Molefi Kete Asante: Upending the Inhuman: Decoloniality, Postmodernism and Afrocentricity

Chapter 5. Ngugi wa Thiongo: The Politics of Language, Memory and Knowledge

Chapter 6. Drucilla Cornell and Souleymane Bachir Diagne: uBuntu, Nite and the Struggle for Global Justice

Chapter 7. Catherine Walsh and Walter Mignolo: Foundational Concepts and Struggles for Dignity and Life

Chapter 8. Linda Tuhiwai Smith: Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples

Clarissa Jordao: Epilogue: The South Writing Back

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kaiper-Marquez, Anna
Anna Kaiper-Marquez is the Director of Family Literacy, National Center for Families Learning, USA.

Antia, Bassey E.
Bassey E. Antia is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His teaching and/or research interests span multilingualism (in higher education), language policy, terminology and decolonial approaches to sociolinguistics. He is co-editor with Sinfree Makoni of Southernizing Sociolinguistics: Colonialism, Racism and Patriarchy in Language in the Global South (Routledge, 2023).

Madany-Saá, Magda
Magda Madany-Saá is a PhD Candidate in Curriculum & Instruction in the College of Education, and a TESL Instructor at The Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her research interests include decolonial theory and methodology, critical interculturality, language policy and translingualism. She has experience teaching Spanish in Poland and English in Ecuador, as well as training in-service English teachers in Latin America.

Makoni, Sinfree
Sinfree Makoni is Director of African Studies, Liberal Arts Professor of African Studies and Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Sinfree Makoni is a Professor in Applied Linguistics and African Studies, Director of African Studies and Interim Director of the Africana Research Centre at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He holds Extraordinary Professorship, Visiting Professor and Researcher positions at several South African institutions: North-West University, Nelson Mandela University, University of the Western Cape and University of Zululand.

Anna Kaiper-Marquez recently began her role as Director of Family Literacy at National Center for Families Learning, USA. Her professional and research interests include English language learning and literacy in international contexts, adult and family language and literacy practices, and language practices and methodologies in the Global South.

Magda Madany-Saa has a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from the Pennsylvania State University, USA. Her research interests include decolonial theory and methodology, critical interculturality, language policy and translanguaging. She is a language teacher educator with experience in Poland, Ecuador and the US.

Bassey E. Antia is Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. His teaching and/or research interests span multilingualism (in higher education), language policy, terminology and decolonial approaches to sociolinguistics. He is co-editor with Sinfree Makoni of Southernizing Sociolinguistics: Colonialism, Racism and Patriarchy in Language in the Global South (Routledge, 2023).