Decolonising the University

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This book of essays is a sequel to the 'International Conference on Decolonising Our Universities' held in Penang, Malaysia from June 27 to 29, 2011. The Conference was jointly organised by the Universiti Sains Malaysia and Citizens International in cooperation with the Higher Education Leadership Academy of the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education. At the Conference, speaker after speaker pointed out that education in Asia and Africa is too Westcentric. It blindly apes European universities,…

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Full title :Decolonising the University.

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Publication Date:©2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penerbit USM
Place of Publication:[Glugor], Pulau Pinang
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012

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Description:1 online resource (332 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9789838617536, 9838617539
oclc:on1058100284
LC Classification:LB2322.2
Dewey Decimal:378.01

Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; PART I: THE SETTING; 1. Our Own World-View of the University; 2. Reflections on Decolonising Our Universities; 3. The Assault on Culture through Education; PART II: THE DECOLONISED UNIVERSITY WISH-LIST; 4. Reconstituting Curricula in African Universities: In Search of an Afrocentric Design; 5. The Changing Face of the University and Knowledge; 6. Integrating the Sacred into University Education; 7. bringing the Community back In: A New University on Afrikological Principles and Practices.

8. Looking for Unity in Knowledge Domains: Re-Inviting Art and Sciences to Howzeh ye ElmyiePART III: UNESCO AND DECOLONISATION; 9. Decolonising Social Sciences across the World; 10. World Social Science Report 2010: Whither India and South Asia?; 11. The World Social Science Report 2010: Some Non-Eurocentric Observations; PART IV: EUROCENTRISM IN THE SCIENCES; 12. A Critique of Eurocentric Social Science and the Question of Alternati; 13. Decolonising Math and Science Education; PART V: DECOLONISING THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LAW; 14. Social Theory as Alternative Discourse.

15. History 'Outside' the 'West'16. African …

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