Elders' Cultural Knowledges and the Question of Black/ African Indigeneity in Education

by George J. Sefa Dei, Grace Erger, Wambui Karanja

Book Overview

Chapter 1: ARTICULATING THE EPISTEMIC CHALLENGE

In this chapter, we articulate the epistemic challenge and how one responds to the challenge. We take up the assertion that, "We are all entitled to a "degree of self-centrism". However, the question is not whether non-dominant thinking [bodies of knowledge] "can reach a self-consciousness and evident neutrality", but rather, engaging such knowledge as intellectual resistance...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030842002
• ISBN13: 9783030842000
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"