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Critical Perspectives on Decoloniality - (Global Forum on Southern Epistemologies)

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  • This book is both a deep dive into and a critique of foundational decolonial concepts and epistemologies, engaging both theoretical analyses of social issues and standpoints from activism.
  • About the Author: Dorothy Takyiakwaa is Assistant Teaching Professor of African Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.
  • 314 Pages
  • Education, Adult & Continuing Education
  • Series Name: Global Forum on Southern Epistemologies

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"This book is both a deep dive into and a critique of foundational decolonial concepts and epistemologies, engaging both theoretical analyses of social issues and standpoints from activism. The book represents a critical intervention on decolonial theories and methodologies, and will be of interest to scholars, students and activists"-- Provided by publisher.



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This book is both a deep dive into and a critique of foundational decolonial concepts and epistemologies, engaging both theoretical analyses of social issues and standpoints from activism. The book represents a critical intervention on decolonial theories and methodologies, and will be of interest to scholars, students and activists.



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A fly in the ointment to the coloniality and cartesianism of north-centric "universal" theory, this volume enacts, through strategies of un-booking, onto-epistemological collaborations that promote new coalitions of understanding such that both the proverbial fly and the ointment learn and unlearn from each other in previously unsuspected, non-predatory ways.

-- "Lynn Mario T. Menezes de Souza, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil"

At a dark time in our history, this volume offers a rare lifeline. Speaking from places long marginal to the centers of planetary power, the authors in conversation here grapple with the contradictions so disfiguring civilization and society in the Global North. In proposing alternative, more generative 'Southern' sites for collective thinking and learning, they give acute, tangible meaning to the often-elusive task of decolonizing the production of knowledge.-- "Jean Comaroff, Harvard University, USA"

A fly in the ointment to the coloniality and cartesianism of north-centric "universal" theory, this volume enacts, through strategies of un-booking, onto-epistemological collaborations that promote new coalitions of understanding such that both the proverbial fly and the ointment learn and unlearn from each other in previously unsuspected, non-predatory ways.



At a dark time in our history, this volume offers a rare lifeline. Speaking from places long marginal to the centers of planetary power, the authors in conversation here grapple with the contradictions so disfiguring civilization and society in the Global North. In proposing alternative, more generative 'Southern' sites for collective thinking and learning, they give acute, tangible meaning to the often-elusive task of decolonizing the production of knowledge.



About the Author



Dorothy Takyiakwaa is Assistant Teaching Professor of African Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Sinfree Makoni is Director of African Studies and Liberal Arts Professor of African Studies and Applied Linguistics, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Inviolata Vicky Khasandi-Telewa is Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in African Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Alissa J. Hartig is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics, Portland State University, USA.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.65 Inches (H) x 6.85 Inches (W) x .66 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.14 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 314
Genre: Education
Sub-Genre: Adult & Continuing Education
Series Title: Global Forum on Southern Epistemologies
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Format: Paperback
Author: Dorothy Takyiakwaa & Sinfree Makoni & Inviolata Vicky Khasandi-Telewa & Alissa J Hartig
Language: English
Street Date: September 16, 2025
TCIN: 1002535820
UPC: 9781836680727
Item Number (DPCI): 247-49-8768
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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