Knowledge and decolonial politics : a critical reader / edited by George J. Sefa Dei, Mandeep Jajj.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Dei, George J. Sefa (George Jerry Sefa), 1954- editor.

Jajj, Mandeep, editor.

Series:

Anti-colonial educational perspectives for transformative change ; v. 6.

Anti-colonial educational perspectives for transformative change ; volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culturally relevant pedagogy.

Multicultural education.

Decolonization.

Physical Description:

x, 147 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill Sense, [2018]

Summary:

"Knowledge and decolonial politics: a critical reader offers the perspectives of educators and learners within current developmental settings, highlighting the systemic barriers faced whilst trying to implement decolonial pedagogies and practices. In the hope to challenge the dominance of Western Eurocentric thought in education and international development, the authors of this book offer counter narratives to promote the use of embodied cultural knowledges and histories, along with indigenous perspectives, in order to subvert Western knowledge systems which are inherently colonial in nature. Changing education as we know it today requires creating spaces in which multiple knowledges can co-exist and benefit from one another. These spaces will ensure the continuity of decolonial practices and shape the intellectual politics of future generations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Erasing "educational gentrification" and embracing the possibilities of indigeneity in the classroom / Nana Bediako-Amoah

Decolonizing the Ontario classroom / Candice Griffith

Contesting "development" / Chisani Doyle-Wood

An inconvenient truth : centering land as the site of indigenous knowledge protection / Wambui Karanja

Spirituality, education, and resistance / Lwanga Gasuza Musisi

Connecting to the embodied spirit : working with the body as a healing and decolonizing tool / Olivia Aiello

Futurity of indigenous languages found in white settler nation-states : a case study on eurocentric pedagogy and curriculums in Canada and South Africa / Shirleen Anushika Datt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789004380035

9004380035

9789004380042

9004380043

OCLC:

1041879979

Publisher Number:

99978363840