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Epistemological Decolonization through a Relational Knowledge-Making Model 通过关系知识生成模型的认识论非殖民化
Pub Date : 2021-06-09 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.4.04
L. Botha, D. Griffiths, Maria Prozesky
Abstract:This article argues for epistemic decolonization by developing a relational model of knowledge, which we locate within indigenous knowledges. We live in a time of ongoing global, epistemic coloniality, embedded in and shaped by colonial ideas and practices. Epistemological decolonization requires taking nondominant knowledges and their epistemes seriously to open up the possibility of interrogating and dismantling the hegemony of the Western knowledge tradition. We here ask two related questions: What are the decolonial affordances of indigenous knowledges? And how do these compare to other contemporary critiques of epistemic coloniality, specifically those mounted by posthumanism? In answer, we develop three definitional senses of relational with reference to indigenous knowledges. First, we define indigenous knowledges in relation to Western knowledge, with which they share a dialectical origin at the moment of colonial contact. Second, indigenous knowledges are relational in their ontological and axiological orientations. Third, relationality in indigenous knowledge suggests a trialectic space, rather than a dialectic space. We argue for the necessity of an anticolonial framework, which assigns priority to indigenous people's perceptions and ways of knowing for theorizing recurring colonial relations and their (imperialistic) manifestations in producing and reproducing knowledge.
摘要:本文通过发展一种知识的关系模型来论证知识的非殖民化,我们将其定位在土著知识中。我们生活在一个持续的全球认知殖民主义时代,殖民主义思想和做法根植并影响着我们。认识论的非殖民化要求认真对待非主导知识及其认识论,从而开辟质疑和瓦解西方知识传统霸权的可能性。我们在此提出两个相关的问题:土著知识的非殖民化启示是什么?这些与其他当代对认知殖民主义的批评,特别是那些由后人文主义提出的批评相比如何?作为回答,我们根据土著知识发展了三种关系的定义意义。首先,我们定义了本土知识与西方知识的关系,它们在殖民接触的时刻共享一个辩证的起源。第二,本土知识的本体论取向和价值论取向是相互关联的。第三,本土知识的相关性暗示了一个辩证空间,而不是辩证空间。我们认为有必要建立一个反殖民框架,该框架优先考虑土著人民的观念和认识方式,以便将反复出现的殖民关系及其(帝国主义)在生产和再生产知识中的表现形式理论化。
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引用次数: 6
On Collaboration and Communication "In the Now" 论“当下”的协作与沟通
Pub Date : 2021-06-09 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.4.06
J. Hart, Victoria Ogoegbunam Okoye, Joseph Oduro-Frimpong
We are three scholars, situated in different disciplines, institutions, and geographies, who have built relationships with one another through our research in Accra, Ghana. In this editorial, we reflect on our ways of relating, supporting, and learning from one another as a starting point to consider the journal’s new section, “In the Now.” We coauthored this editorial through a process of engaging together in a virtual conversation, followed by a collec-tive transcription for focus and clarity, and then an incorporation of editors’ comments via revision and resubmission. Our attempt through this mode of conversation is to preserve our perspectives and voices, to acknowledge our positionalities, and to enact our commitment to research coproduction and scholarly collaboration and exchange, which are fundamental to our work. We here differentiate among coauthorship (our practice of conversing and writing together to produce a piece of academic scholarship), collaboration (which generates socially relevant knowledge by bridging scholarship to wider society and including the participation of diverse social actors and forms of knowledge), and coproduction (the inclusion of research partici-pants as active decision-makers throughout the research process, as in set-ting research design, producing data, analyzing, and disseminating research learnings) (Phillips et al. 2012). We reflect critically on the limitations of traditional scholarly forms and consider more flexible, open, and accountable approaches to scholarship, drawing on our own experiences and practices. In doing so, we wish to think about how an approach to scholarship rooted in care might inform the way we respond to this moment, in terms of the challenges wrought by the pandemic and the renewed calls to address elit-ism, epistemic and structural violence, and racial inequality in the academy.
我们是三位来自不同学科、机构和地理位置的学者,他们通过在加纳阿克拉的研究建立了相互关系。在这篇社论中,我们反思了我们相互联系、支持和学习的方式,以此作为考虑该杂志新章节“在当下”的起点,然后通过修订和重新提交的方式纳入编辑的意见。我们通过这种对话模式的尝试是保留我们的观点和声音,承认我们的立场,并履行我们对研究合作和学术合作与交流的承诺,这对我们的工作至关重要。在这里,我们区分了合著(我们共同对话和写作以产生学术学术成果的实践)、合作(通过将学术与更广泛的社会联系起来,包括不同社会行为者和知识形式的参与,产生与社会相关的知识)、,和合作生产(在整个研究过程中,包括研究参与者作为积极的决策者,如制定研究设计、产生数据、分析和传播研究成果)(Phillips等人,2012)。我们批判性地反思传统学术形式的局限性,并借鉴我们自己的经验和实践,考虑更灵活、开放和负责任的学术方法。在这样做的过程中,我们希望思考一种植根于护理的学术方法如何为我们应对这一时刻提供信息,包括新冠疫情带来的挑战,以及解决精英主义、认识论和结构性暴力以及学院中种族不平等问题的新呼吁。
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Whose Agency: The Politics and Practice of Kenya’s HIV-Prevention NGOs, Megan Hershey 《谁的代理:肯尼亚艾滋病预防非政府组织的政治与实践》,Megan Hershey
Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.67.4.08
Brad Crofford
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Surviving Biafra: A Nigerwife’s Story, Elizabeth S. Bird and Rosina Umelo 《幸存的比夫拉:一个尼日利亚女人的故事》,伊丽莎白·s·伯德和罗西娜·乌梅洛著
Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.67.4.07
Hope Eze
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Breakthroughs, Blockages, and the Path to Self-Accomplishment: The Case of Pentecostal Church Founders in Kenya 突破、阻碍和自我实现之路——以肯尼亚五旬节教会创始人为例
Pub Date : 2021-03-12 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.2-3.08
Y. Gez, Yvan Droz
Abstract:The neo-Pentecostal movement emphasizes the promises of "breakthroughs"—financial and other—as a key point of appeal. At the same time, it offers a wide range of possibilities for self-made professionalization, giving rise to a caste of religious entrepreneurs whom Paul Gifford refers to as "founders-owners-leaders" Drawing on research on self-accomplishment and "waithood," we show how the church-founding avenue becomes a path for personal breakthroughs by meeting social and economic criteria for success. We draw on ethnographic research and several contemporary examples, notably that of Margaret Wanjiru, a successful female bishop. At the same time, we offer a retrospective examination of the career of an earlier Christian entrepreneur, Nganga wa Kago, with the purpose of asking just how new such professionalization actually is.
摘要:新五旬节运动强调“突破”的承诺——金融和其他——是一个关键的吸引力。与此同时,它为白手起家的职业化提供了广泛的可能性,催生了一批宗教企业家,保罗·吉福德称之为“创始人-所有者-领导者”。通过对自我成就和“等待”的研究,我们展示了教会创会途径如何通过满足成功的社会和经济标准,成为个人突破的途径。我们借鉴了人种学研究和几个当代例子,尤其是成功的女主教玛格丽特·万吉茹的例子。与此同时,我们对早期基督教企业家Nganga wa Kago的职业生涯进行了回顾性研究,目的是询问这种职业化实际上有多新。
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Muslim Feminist, Media Sensation, and Religious Entrepreneur: Aminata Kane Koné as a Figure of Success in Côte d'Ivoire 穆斯林女权主义者、媒体轰动和宗教企业家:Aminata Kane Koné是科特迪瓦的成功人物
Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.2-3.02
Frédérick Madore
Abstract:This article analyzes the career path of Aminata Kane Koné, a highly educated Ivorian Muslim woman, who has emerged as a female figure of success. A prominent activist of the Association des Élèves et Étudiants Musulmans de Côte d'Ivoire in the 2000s, she has become a self-made religious entrepreneur through media and social initiatives. She has overcome social constraints to establish herself as a highly mediatized Muslim public intellectual, influential not only in Islamic circles, but within the broader society. Her case illustrates ways in which relationships between gender and Islamic authority are changing in West Africa. She embodies a uniquely hybrid feminism, influenced by her secular education and her Muslim faith.
摘要:本文分析了受过高等教育的科特迪瓦穆斯林女性Aminata Kane Koné的职业道路,她已成为一位成功的女性形象。2000年代,她是科特迪瓦MusulmansÉlèves etÉtudiants协会的杰出活动家,通过媒体和社会倡议,她成为了一名白手起家的宗教企业家。她克服了社会限制,成为一名高度中介化的穆斯林公共知识分子,不仅在伊斯兰圈子里,而且在更广泛的社会中都有影响力。她的案例说明了西非性别和伊斯兰权威之间的关系正在发生变化。她体现了一种独特的混合女权主义,受到世俗教育和穆斯林信仰的影响。
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"We Make the Voice of These People Heard": Trajectories of Socioeconomic Mobility among Congolese Pastors in Kampala, Uganda “我们让这些人的声音被听到”:乌干达坎帕拉刚果牧师的社会经济流动轨迹
Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.2-3.05
A. Gusman
Abstract:This article focuses on religious entrepreneurship in a context of displacement, specifically among Congolese refugees in Kampala, where becoming a pastor is one of the few opportunities available for social mobility. I analyze the social trajectories of two Congolese pastors. However different they may be from each other, they highlight ideas of success and prosperity that encourage us to rethink the socioeconomic role of Pentecostalism in Africa, analyzing the entanglements between the religious and the economic spheres from a multidimensional and a relational perspective. The article shows that entrepreneurial trajectories are instruments of mobility, but at the same time they need to be understood in terms of social becoming, the success of the two Congolese pastors being judged by the moral value that other people grant them and in relation to their role within the Congolese community.
摘要:本文关注的是流离失所背景下的宗教创业,特别是在坎帕拉的刚果难民中,成为牧师是社会流动的少数机会之一。我分析了两位刚果牧师的社会轨迹。无论它们彼此如何不同,它们都强调了成功和繁荣的理念,鼓励我们重新思考五旬节派在非洲的社会经济作用,从多维度和关系的角度分析宗教和经济领域之间的纠缠。这篇文章表明,创业轨迹是流动性的工具,但与此同时,他们需要从社会发展的角度来理解,这两位刚果牧师的成功是由其他人赋予他们的道德价值和他们在刚果社区中的角色来判断的。
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Religious Entrepreneurship and Female Migration: The Case of a Muslim Religious Leader in Masqan, Ethiopia 宗教创业与女性移民:埃塞俄比亚马斯坎一位穆斯林宗教领袖的案例
Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.2-3.04
Yekatit Getachew Tsehayu, Terje Østebø
Abstract:As poverty and unemployment remain widespread in Ethiopia, the number of women who travel to the Gulf States in search of employment continues to rise. Often, when they face problems, these women cannot rely on protection from local authorities or the Ethiopian government; rather, to ensure their security and success while in the Gulf, they invest money in obtaining divine protection. This article, which discusses rituals involving gift giving and the transmission of baraka, focuses on a self-sanctified Muslim leader who has adapted existing ritual practices to meet female migrants' needs. We examine how established, customary spiritual relationships have been transformed in a way that addresses these women's hopes and fears. We explore how these changing practices address each party's interests: the women see them as a source of security and prosperity, and they provide the religious leader with a sustainable source of wealth.
摘要:由于贫困和失业在埃塞俄比亚仍然普遍存在,前往海湾国家寻找工作的妇女人数继续上升。通常,当她们面临问题时,这些妇女无法依靠地方当局或埃塞俄比亚政府的保护;相反,为了确保他们在海湾地区的安全和成功,他们投资获得神的保护。这篇文章讨论了有关赠送礼物和传递巴拉卡的仪式,重点讨论了一位自我圣化的穆斯林领袖,他调整了现有的仪式实践,以满足女性移民的需求。我们考察了既定的、习惯的精神关系是如何以一种解决这些妇女的希望和恐惧的方式转变的。我们探讨了这些不断变化的做法如何满足双方的利益:妇女们将其视为安全和繁荣的源泉,它们为宗教领袖提供了可持续的财富来源。
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In This Land of Plenty: Micky Leland and Africa in American Politics, Benjamin Talton 《富饶之地:美国政治中的米奇·利兰和非洲》,本杰明·塔尔顿著
Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.2979/africatoday.67.2_3.10
Sobukwe Odinga
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Building the Kingdom of God in the Central African Republic: Trajectories and Strategies for Success beyond the Traditional Bangui Elite 在中非共和国建立上帝的王国:超越传统班吉精英的成功轨迹和战略
Pub Date : 2021-02-01 DOI: 10.2979/AFRICATODAY.67.2-3.07
Gino Vlavonou
Abstract:In the Central African Republic, despite the persistence of political violence as a means of acquiring power, new trajectories for success have emerged; however, they have received scant attention from scholars. This article seeks to shed light on these trajectories by exploring the case of a religious entrepreneur associated with the Grace Brethren Churches (Église Évangelique des Frères). Based on field research conducted in Bangui from May to October 2017, it argues that the life trajectory of the Rev. Dr. Augustin Hibaile highlights the need to address two factors influencing religious entrepreneurship and upward social mobility. First, Hibaile has used his skills to continue leveraging the prestige of the religious sphere, even while developing a close relationship with the country's president. Second, Hibaile's rise to national prominence from humble beginnings has relied on a locally constructed understanding of status, based chiefly on international education and the exercise of customary forms of moral authority—an understanding also observed in other African countries.
摘要:在中非共和国,尽管政治暴力作为获取权力的手段持续存在,但成功的新轨迹已经出现;然而,它们很少受到学者的关注。本文试图通过探索一位与格雷斯兄弟会(ÉgliseÉvangelique des Frères)有关联的宗教企业家的案例来阐明这些轨迹。根据2017年5月至10月在班吉进行的实地研究,它认为Augustin Hibaile牧师博士的生活轨迹突出了解决影响宗教创业和社会向上流动的两个因素的必要性。首先,希拜尔利用自己的技能继续利用宗教领域的声望,即使是在与国家总统发展密切关系的同时。其次,希拜尔从卑微的出身开始在全国范围内崭露头角,这有赖于当地建立的对地位的理解,主要基于国际教育和道德权威的习惯形式的行使——这种理解在其他非洲国家也有观察到。
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