Drawing on the Past to Open up Possible Futures

Autor/in	Ambrosio, John
Titel	Drawing on the Past to Open up Possible Futures
Quelle	In: Democracy & Education, 26 (2018) 1, Artikel 10 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1085-3545
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Qualitative Research; Indigenous Populations; Indigenous Knowledge; Democracy; Social Change; Moral Development; Moral Values; Democratic Values; Citizenship Education; Educational Practices; Foreign Countries; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Sinti und Roma; Demokratie; Sozialer Wandel; Moralische Entwicklung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Bildungspraxis; Ausland; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article is a response to a qualitative study that examined how the indigenous African notion of "ubuntu" informs how some school teachers in a Black township in South Africa conceptualize Western-oriented narratives of democracy. While the study acknowledges important differences in how ubuntu is understood and defined, the author argues that it nonetheless tends to overlook them in order to harness ubuntu as a force for positive social change and national development. The author argues that ubuntu could potentially serve as a powerful cultural force for change, but this requires a context in which some of the moral qualities associated with ubuntu are more widely practiced and visible in communities and in the policies and practices of government at all levels. It also requires a reconceptualization of ubuntu as an inclusive and nonessentialized notion that is responsive to the practical needs of contemporary South African society. [The article is in response to "The Cultural Contours of Democracy: Indigenous Epistemologies Informing South African Citizenship." To view this article, see EJ1120063.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01