Reconstructing African fractured epistemologies for African development
The task of advancing knowledge on Africa from rural African spaces by urban African researchers confronts two formidable challenges; namely, the preponderance of myths and ‘being as a force’ in the network of rural African gnosis and the contemptuous poise of the urban African researcher against in...
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Synthesis philosophica (Online) 33 (2018), 1 ; str. 51-76 |
| Glavni autor: | Lajul, Wilfred (Author) |
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| 520 | |a The task of advancing knowledge on Africa from rural African spaces by urban African researchers confronts two formidable challenges; namely, the preponderance of myths and ‘being as a force’ in the network of rural African gnosis and the contemptuous poise of the urban African researcher against indigenous knowledge systems (IKS). This attitude is the aftermath of colonial efforts at reserving epistemic hegemony and neo¬colonisation by Africans who have been inundated against the possibility of an African knowledge system. The fixation on myths and force by rural agents and western academy-¬derived knowledge system constitute mutually antagonistic power structures with the cumulative effect of stifling efforts at understanding Africa from inside out. This paper focusing on the Yoruba knowledge society employs a reconstructive approach in proposing two paths to the development of a robust African knowledge base by African researchers. The first path argues that rural agents contributing to developing African episteme must disenchant where necessary. The second is directed at the urgency of achieving a consummated decolonisation. While the former path sees the rural moving from a system of myths to the articulation of liberal epistemic system, the latter seeks to nullify the incredulity and contempt urban researchers have about the reality of knowledge in Africa. Knowledge that has the benefit of African originality can thus be consolidated on an open dialogue between urban researchers and rural agents who have direct relations to the deposit of African gnosis pertaining to politics, law, ethics, pharmacognosy, health care, economy and the environment. | ||
| 520 | |a Afrika je kontinent s pregršt prirodnih izvora, ali je ekonomski siromašan. Da bi se prirodni izvori preveli u profitabilno obilje kakvo pospješuje kvalitetu života i dobrobit ljudi, potrebno je znanje. Iako se ne može poreći da je Afrika, mnogo prije kontakta sa Zapadom, imala svoje sustave domorodačkog znanja, svejedno se pitamo što je pošlo po zlu. Čini se da srž problema leži u raskidu s nasljedstvom domorodačkog znanja. Razlog je to što se Afrika, dok današnji svijet prelazi s razvoja zasnovanog na resursima na razvoj temeljen na znanju, sa svojim razlomljenim epistemologijama, oslanja na bogate prirodne izvore kojima se, nažalost, loše upravlja zbog slabe obrazovne osnove. Da bi se pomak dogodio, Afrika mora obnoviti svoje razlomljene sustave znanja. Rad postavlja hipotezu da je navedeno moguće jedino kroz istraživanje prirode afričkih razlomljenih epistemologija da bi se razumjelo što je pošlo krivo i kako stvari ispravno postaviti da bi se obnovio afrički razvoj. | ||
| 520 | |a Afrika ist ein Kontinent mit einer Vielzahl von natürlichen Ressourcen, jedoch wirtschaftlich arm. Um die natürlichen Ressourcen in einen gewinnbringenden Überfluss zu überführen, der die Lebensqualität und das Gemeinwohl der Menschen begünstigt, ist Wissen erforderlich. Obgleich nicht zu leugnen ist, dass Afrika lange vor dem Kontakt mit dem Westen über eigene indigene Wissenssysteme verfügte, fragen wir uns nichtsdestotrotz, was genau fehlschlug. Der Kern des Problems scheint im Bruch mit der Vererbung des indigenen Wissens zu liegen. Der Grund dafür ist, dass während die gegenwärtige Welt von der ressourcenbasierten zu einer wissensfundierten Entwicklung übergeht, ist Afrika mit seinen zerbrochenen Epistemologien auf die reichen natürlichen Ressourcen angewiesen, die leider aufgrund einer schwachen Bildungsbasis mangelhaft verwaltet werden. Um diesen Durchbruch zu vollziehen, muss Afrika seine zerbrochenen Wissenssysteme erneuern. | ||
| 520 | |a L’Afrique est un continent riche en ressources naturelles, mais pauvre d’un point de vue économique. Afin que les ressources naturelles se transforment en richesses rentables qui améliorent la qualité de vie et le bien¬être des gens, la connaissance est indispensable. Même s’il n’est pas possible de nier que l’Afrique, bien avant qu’elle n’entre en contact avec l’Occident, ait eu des systèmes indigènes de connaissances, il est tout de même légitime de se demander ce qui a mal tourné. Il semble que le coeur du problème se situe dans la rupture avec l’héritage du savoir indigène. La raison en est que, alors que le monde actuel est passé d’un progrès basé sur les ressources à un progrès fondé sur la connaissance, l’Afrique, avec ses épistémologies morcelées, s’appuie sur ses riches ressources naturelles qui sont malheureusement mal gérées dû aux faibles bases éducatives. Pour qu’un changement se produise, l’Afrique doit renouveler ses systèmes de connaissances morcelées. | ||
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