Contents; List of Figures; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction and Overview. Making Sense of Decolonisation in Universities; Part 1: The Arguments for Decolonisation; Chapter 1. Decolonising Universities; Chapter 2. The Curriculum Case for Decolonisation; Part 2: The Politics and Problems of Decolonisation; Chapter 3. On the Politics of Decolonisation: Knowledge, Authority and the Settled Curriculum; Chapter 4. The Institutional Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Decolonisation of the South African University Chapter 5. What Counts and Who Belongs? Current Debates in Decolonising the CurriculumPart 3: Doing Decolonisation; Chapter 6. Scaling Decolonial Consciousness? The Rei-nvention of 'Africa' in a Neoliberal University; Chapter 7. Testing Transgressive Thinking: The 'Learning Through Enlargement' Initiative at UNISA; Chapter 8. Between Higher and Basic Education in South Africa: What Does Decolonisation Mean for Teacher Education?; Part 4: Reimaging Colonial Inheritances; Chapter 9. Public Art and/as Curricula: Seeking a New Role for Monuments Associated with Oppression Chapter 10. The Plastic University: Knowledge, Disciplines and the Decolonial TurnChapter 11. Decolonising Knowledge: Can Ubuntu Ethics Save Us from Coloniality? (Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi?); Chapter 12. Future Knowledges and Their Implications for the Decolonisation Project; Afterword. Decolonising Minds via Curricula?; Contributors; Index
Summary:
What exactly is decolonisation? This volume brings together the most innovative thinking on curriculum theory to address an urgent question for scholars and teachers alike. Critical questions are raised: Is decolonisation simply a slogan representing a variety of concerns? What is the colonial legacy and can it be undone?
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