Is there a 'space' for enabling disparate knowledge traditions to work together? Challenges for Science (Education) in an African context.
Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: In recent years we have witnessed a rethinking of the status of Western science as a result of critiques of science by sociologists of knowledge, feminists and post-colonialists Turnbull (1997:551) points out that Western Science is undergoing a process of 'decentring' recognising that there are other ways of knowing in addition to Eurocentric and egocentric ones. These developments provide particular challenges for science (education) in Western and non-Western countries, in the context of complex globalisation processes, currently prevalent. Recently, we have witnessed the optimism for an African Renaissance, including the role that science and technology can play in Africa 's development. This article critically explores a 'space' for knowledge production, which may enable both Western science and African Indigenous knowledges to coexist. The implications of such a 'space' for science (education) in an African context are explored.
Author: Lesley Le Grange
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2119924559