Ecojustice Education and Communitarianism: Exploring the Possibility for African Eco-Communitarianism

Autor/inn/en	Kruger, Frans; le Roux, Adré; Teise, Kevin
Titel	Ecojustice Education and Communitarianism: Exploring the Possibility for African Eco-Communitarianism
Quelle	In: Educational Philosophy and Theory, 52 (2020) 2, S.206-216 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1857
DOI	10.1080/00131857.2019.1625769
Schlagwörter	African Culture; Collective Settlements; Environmental Education; Conservation (Environment); Educational Philosophy; Place Based Education; Ethics; Political Influences; Social Justice; Well Being; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Africa; Culture; Afrika; Kultur; Schlichtungsverfahren; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Ethik; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Ausland
Abstract	In this article, we explore the concept of African communitarianism and reflect on its potential value for ecojustice education as a localised response to the wider ecological crises that impacts on African communities. We argue for an African eco-communitarian perspective and propose that this perspective extends ecojustice education. Such extension occurs firstly through foregrounding and emphasising the establishment of harmonious and co-constitutive relationships that is characterised by intersubjectivity and secondly, by extending community to beyond humans (and ancestors) to be inclusive of the "more-than human" world. We contend that ecojustice education, framed within an African eco-communitarianism, constitutes a localised response to the ecological crises in the form of critical place-based education, that it enables co-constitutive dialogue and interaction between the human and non-human elements of an eco-community and is an ethico-political praxis characterised by an African environmental ethic. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01