1st Edition
Decolonising Knowledge and Knowers Struggles for University Transformation in South Africa
1. Introducing "decolonising knowledge and knowers", Mlamuli Nkosingphile Hlatshwayo, Hanelie Adendorff, Margaret A.L. Blackie, Aslam Fataar, and Paul Maluleka 2. Pursuing decolonial knowledge-building in South African higher education, Aslam Fataar 3. Building a ‘decolonial knower’: Contestations in the humanities, Kathy Luckett 4. Decolonising the university: Some thoughts on recontextualising knowledge, Mlamuli Nkosingphile Hlatshwayo 5. Towards a decolonized school history curriculum in post-apartheid South Africa through enacting Legitimation Code Theory, Paul Maluleka and Neo Lekgotla laga Ramoupi 6. Decolonization and science education: What is at stake? Hanelie Adendorff and Margaret A.L. Blackie 7. A decolonial science education: How do we move forward? Margaret A.L. Blackie and Hanelie Adendorff
Biography
Mlamuli Nkosingphile Hlatshwayo is a senior lecturer in Curriculum Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His research interests include theorising transformation in the global South, decolonisation, student movements and epistemological access in curricula.
Hanelie Adendorff is a senior advisor in the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. She has a PhD in Chemistry but has been working in professional development since 2002.
Margaret A.L. Blackie is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Since starting her independent career she has attempted to hold together research interests in both synthetic organic chemistry and education research.
Aslam Fataar is currently Research and Development Professor in Transformation at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. His expertise includes sociology of education and education policy. He has been awarded several medals of honour for contributions to South African education and prizes for his publications.
Paul Maluleka is a South African scholar and Lecturer in History of Education and History Education at the School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg – South Africa. His interests centre around themes of education decolonisation, de/coloniality and Africanisation in the South African academe and basic education.
