The decolonization of knowledge : radical ideas and the shaping of institutions in South Africa and beyond / Jonathan D. Jansen, Cyrill A. Walters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jansen, Jonathan D., author.

Walters, Cyrill, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhodes, Cecil, 1853-1902--Public opinion.

Rhodes, Cecil.

University of Cape Town.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--South Africa.

Education, Higher.

Decolonization--South Africa.

Decolonization.

Curriculum change--South Africa.

Curriculum change.

Racism in higher education--South Africa.

Racism in higher education.

Student movements--South Africa.

Student movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 267 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

Summary:

In 2015, students at the University of Cape Town used the slogan #RhodesMustFall to demand that a monument of Cecil John Rhodes, the empire builder of British South Africa, be removed from the university campus. Soon students at Oxford University called for the removal of a statue of Rhodes from Oriel College. The radical idea of decolonization at the forefront of these student protests continues to be a key element in South African educational institutions as well as those in Europe and North America. This book explores the uptake of decolonization in the institutional curriculum, given the political demands for decolonization on South African campuses, and the generally positive reception of the idea by university leaders. Based on interviews with more than two hundred academic teachers at ten universities, this is an innovative account of how institutions have engaged with, subverted, and transformed the decolonization movement since #RhodesMustFall.

Contents:

Introduction. The decolonization of knowledge : radical ideas and the settled curriculum.

Institutional posturing : the coming of decolonization and the scramble to respond

On the institutionalization of knowledge

The contending meanings of decolonization

and the implications for radical curriculum change

Regulating radical ideas : the role of regulatory agencies

The uptake of decolonization : the case of the humanities and social sciences

The uptake of decolonization : the case of the sciences and engineering

How does a radical curriculum idea travel through institutional life? New insights into the politics of knowledge.

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ISBN:

9781009082723 (ebook)

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