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Autor/in | Shahjahan, Riyad Ahmed |
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Titel | Mapping the Field of Anti-Colonial Discourse to Understand Issues of Indigenous Knowledges: Decolonizing Praxis |
Quelle | In: McGill Journal of Education, 40 (2005) 2, S.213-240 (28 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0024-9033 |
Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Indigenous Knowledge; Discourse Analysis; Scholarship; Religious Factors; Foreign Countries; Foreign Policy |
Abstract | In this paper, I examine some of the past and current issues in anti-colonial discourse by briefly reviewing the ideas of thirteen anti-colonial scholars from different regions of the world. I relate these ideas to the discussion of knowledge production and indigenous knowledges. I also examine some critical areas that require more attention from future decolonizing scholarship and practice. With respect to scholarship, these critical areas include: the question of agency; the ambivalence towards Euro-American thought; recognizing the dynamism among knowledge systems; language accessibility; integrating indigenous ways of knowing, and dismantling the academic regime. In addition, I suggest that the questions of decolonizing one's spirit and recognizing the importance of spirituality, often ignored, are very important to integrate in decolonizing practice. This paper concludes by challenging anti-colonial scholars to open possibilities for ourselves and others by "walking the talk" in our scholarly endeavours and every day lives. (Contains 5 notes.) (Author). |
Anmerkungen | The McGill Journal of Education, Education Building, 3700 McTavish Street, Room 345, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2. Tel: 514-398-4246. |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |