Epistemic Justice and the Postcolonial University

By: Athambile Masola and Amrita Pande and Ruchi Chaturvedi and Shari Daya and Sepideh Azari and Koni Benson and Hal Cooper and Kerusha Govender and Shose Kessi and Nomusa Makhubu and Lungisile Ntsebeza and Jameelah Omar and Kealeboga Ramaru and Ari Sitas and Rike Sitas

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Synopsis: This book addresses urgent current debates on decolonisation by offering reimagined teaching and learning interventions for obtaining greater epistemic justice in the contemporary postcolonial university.At a time when debates on decolonisation have gained urgency in academic, civic and public spaces, this interdisciplinary collection by authors based at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, serves as a valuable archive documenting and reflecting on a turbulent period in South African higher education. It is an important resource for academics looking to grasp debates on decoloniality both in South Africa, and in university and teaching spaces further afield. Calling for concerted and collaborative work towards greater epistemic justice across diverse disciplines, the book puts forward a new vision of the postcolonial university as one that enables excellent teaching and learning, undertaken in a spirit of critical consciousness and reciprocity.