Africa-Centred Knowledges: Crossing Fields and Worlds

doi:10.1017/9781782043652

Proposes a dynamic new approach to the production of knowledge on Africa, one that is global, multiple and heterogeneous, elucidating this through both discursive theoretical chapters and case histories.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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List of Figures
pp vii-vii
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Notes on Contributors
pp viii-xiv
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Foreword
pp xv-xvi
- By Crain Soudien
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Acknowledgements
pp xvii-xviii
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List of Acronyms
pp xix-xx
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Introduction: The Possibility of Africa-centred Knowledges
pp 1-20
- By Brenda Cooper, Robert Morrell
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Part I - Epistemology – Struggles Over Meaning-Making
pp 21-22
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1 - Validated Knowledge
pp 23-35
- By Lansana Keita
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2 - Re-theorizing the Indigenous Knowledge Debate
pp 36-50
- By Lesley Green
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3 - Battlefields of Knowledge Conceptions of Gender in Development Discourse
pp 51-63
- By Signe Arnfred
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4 - Knowing Time Temporal Epistemology & the African Novel
pp 64-77
- By Bill Ashcroft
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5 - Black Boxes & Glass Jars Classification in the Hunt for Africa-centred Knowledge
pp 78-92
- By Brenda Cooper
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6 - ‘This is a Robbers’ System’ Popular Musicians’ Readings of the Kenyan State
pp 93-108
- By Mbugua Wa Mungai
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Part II - Policy & Practice – Applying The Knowledge
pp 109-110
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7 - Science, Fishers’ Knowledge & Namibia’s Fishing Industry
pp 111-125
- By Barbara Paterson, Marieke Norton, Astrid Jarre, Lesley Green
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8 - ICT for Development Extending Computing Design Concepts
pp 126-141
- By Ulrike Rivett, Gary Marsden, Edwin Blake
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9 - ‘Good Houses Make Good People’ Making Knowledge about Health & Environment in Cape Town
pp 142-162
- By Warren Smit, Ariane De Lannoy, Robert Vh Dover, Estelle V Lambert, Naomi Levitt, Vanessa Watson
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10 - Men of God & Gendered Knowledge
pp 163-177
- By Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Michael Pk Okyerefo
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11 - Retrieving the Traces of Knowledge-making while Editing a Book on Postgraduate Writing
pp 178-190
- By Linda Cooper, Lucia Thesen
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12 - Hunhuism (Personhood) & Academic Success in a Zimbabwean Secondary School
pp 191-205
- By Leadus Madzima
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Index
pp 206-211
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Crossing Fields and Worlds

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

List of Figures
pp vii-vii

Notes on Contributors
pp viii-xiv

Foreword
pp xv-xvi

Acknowledgements
pp xvii-xviii

List of Acronyms
pp xix-xx

Introduction: The Possibility of Africa-centred Knowledges
pp 1-20

Part I - Epistemology – Struggles Over Meaning-Making
pp 21-22

1 - Validated Knowledge
pp 23-35

2 - Re-theorizing the Indigenous Knowledge Debate
pp 36-50

3 - Battlefields of Knowledge Conceptions of Gender in Development Discourse
pp 51-63

4 - Knowing Time Temporal Epistemology & the African Novel
pp 64-77

5 - Black Boxes & Glass Jars Classification in the Hunt for Africa-centred Knowledge
pp 78-92

6 - ‘This is a Robbers’ System’ Popular Musicians’ Readings of the Kenyan State
pp 93-108

Part II - Policy & Practice – Applying The Knowledge
pp 109-110

7 - Science, Fishers’ Knowledge & Namibia’s Fishing Industry
pp 111-125

8 - ICT for Development Extending Computing Design Concepts
pp 126-141

9 - ‘Good Houses Make Good People’ Making Knowledge about Health & Environment in Cape Town
pp 142-162

10 - Men of God & Gendered Knowledge
pp 163-177

11 - Retrieving the Traces of Knowledge-making while Editing a Book on Postgraduate Writing
pp 178-190

12 - Hunhuism (Personhood) & Academic Success in a Zimbabwean Secondary School
pp 191-205

Index
pp 206-211

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