Epistemic Justice and the Postcolonial University

Across the world, universities are grappling with the colonial legacies that have shaped them. That struggle is especially vital in South Africa where the Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall movements have catalysed decolonial activism and discourse against the legacy of apartheid in higher educatio...

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Main Authors: Sitas, Rike, Sitas, Ari, Ramaru, Kealeboga, Omar, Jameelah, Ntsebeza, Lungisile, Masola, Athambile, Makhubu, Nomusa, Kessi, Shose, Govender, Kerusha, Cooper, Hal, Benson, Koni, Azari, Sepideh, Daya, Shari, Chaturvedi, Ruchi, Pande, Amrita
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Johannesburg Wits University Press 2023
Edition:1
Subjects:
EDUCATION
Higher
Organizations & Institutions
Settler colonialism-South Africa
Social justice and education-South Africa
Universities and colleges-South Africa-Administration
ISBN:1776147863, 9781776147847, 9781776147861, 1776147847
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Table of Contents LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS INTRODUCTION 1: UKUHAMBA UKUBONA/TRAVELLING TO KNOW: 2: PUBLICS, POLITICS, PLACE AND PEDAGOGY IN URBAN STUDIES 3: IMAGINING SOUTHERN CITIES: 4: INVOKING NAMES: 5: DECOLONISING PSYCHOLOGY IN AFRICA: 6: THE SHARDS HAVEN’T SETTLED: 7: HEAVY-HANDED POLICING: 8: AFRICAN STUDIES AT UCT: 9: THE AFRICAN GENDER INSTITUTE: 10: THE ETHIC OF RECONCILIATION AND A NEW CURRICULUM AFTERWORD CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
  • Part I: Aesthetics, Politics and Languages 2. Publics, Politics, Place and Pedagogy in Urban Studies 1. Ukuhamba Ukubona/Travelling to Know: Mobility as Counter-Curriculum Across Africa Introduction: Epistemic Justice and the University of Cape Town: Thinking Across Disciplines Abbreviations and Acronyms Acknowledgements Epigraph, Title Page, Copyright List of Figures and Tables Contents Cover 3. Imagining Southern Cities: Experiments in an Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Space 4. Invoking Names: Finding Black Women's Lost Narratives in the Classroom Part II: Justice, Curriculum and the Classroom 5. Decolonising Psychology in Africa: The Curriculum as Weapon 6. The Shards Haven't Settled: Contesting Hierarchies of (Teaching) History 7. Heavy-Handed Policing: Teaching Law and Practice to LLB Students in South Africa Part III: Contested Histories and Ethical Spaces 8. African Studies at UCT: An Interview with Lungisile Ntsebeza 9. The African Gender Institute: A Journey of Placemaking 10. The Ethic of Reconciliation and a New Curriculum Afterword Contributors Index
  • Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Introduction: Epistemic Justice and the University of Cape Town: Thinking Across Disciplines -- Part I: Aesthetics, Politics and Languages -- 1. Ukuhamba Ukubona/Travelling to Know: Mobility as Counter-Curriculum Across Africa -- 2. Publics, Politics, Place and Pedagogy in Urban Studies -- 3. Imagining Southern Cities: Experiments in an Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Space -- 4. Invoking Names: Finding Black Women's Lost Narratives in the Classroom -- Part II: Justice, Curriculum and the Classroom -- 5. Decolonising Psychology in Africa: The Curriculum as Weapon -- 6. The Shards Haven't Settled: Contesting Hierarchies of (Teaching) History -- 7. Heavy-Handed Policing: Teaching Law and Practice to LLB Students in South Africa -- Part III: Contested Histories and Ethical Spaces -- 8. African Studies at UCT: An Interview with Lungisile Ntsebeza -- 9. The African Gender Institute: A Journey of Placemaking -- 10. The Ethic of Reconciliation and a New Curriculum -- Afterword -- Contributors -- Index