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ERIC Number: EJ727587
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 28
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ISSN: ISSN-0024-9033
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Mapping the Field of Anti-Colonial Discourse to Understand Issues of Indigenous Knowledges: Decolonizing Praxis
Shahjahan, Riyad Ahmed
McGill Journal of Education, v40 n2 p213-240 Spr 2005
In this paper, I examine some of the past and current issues in anti-colonial discourse by briefly reviewing the ideas of thirteen anti-colonial scholars from different regions of the world. I relate these ideas to the discussion of knowledge production and indigenous knowledges. I also examine some critical areas that require more attention from future decolonizing scholarship and practice. With respect to scholarship, these critical areas include: the question of agency; the ambivalence towards Euro-American thought; recognizing the dynamism among knowledge systems; language accessibility; integrating indigenous ways of knowing, and dismantling the academic regime. In addition, I suggest that the questions of decolonizing one's spirit and recognizing the importance of spirituality, often ignored, are very important to integrate in decolonizing practice. This paper concludes by challenging anti-colonial scholars to open possibilities for ourselves and others by "walking the talk" in our scholarly endeavours and every day lives. (Contains 5 notes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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