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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

String Figuring young children's perspectives of quality in English early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
wiley   +1 more source

Gender Relations in Indigenous Yoruba Culture: Questioning Feminism Action and Advocacy

, 2022
Western feminism has diffused to many other cultures, who have imbibed without proper reflection. This is similar for the Yorùbá people of South-Western Nigeria.
Muraina, Luqman, Ajímátanraẹjẹ, Abdulkareem, Jeleel   +1 more
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‘Where are the adults?’: Troubling child‐activism and children's political participation

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Children's political participation is a well‐established theme in childhood studies. In this article we offer an original account of child activism that takes into account the entangled and emergent aspect of children as activists. We begin with a historical and a conceptual review, noting the importance of mid‐20th century developments such ...
Sharon Hunter, Claire Cassidy
wiley   +1 more source

African Women Writers Across Generations: Navigating Local Contexts and Evolving Feminist Approaches

Gender Studies
Scholars in African feminism have historically repudiated the concept of feminism, which has been perceived as a Western imposition. Through a literary analysis of Ekomo (Nsué Angüe, 1985), Efuru (Nwapa, 1966) and Une si longue lettre (Bâ, 1979), the ...
Lomotey Benedicta Adokarley
doaj   +1 more source

Educational Thoughts of Western Radical Feminism

, 2019
Since the 1960s, radical feminism has gradually been an important faction of the western feminism. Influenced by the trend of western modern educational thought, radical feminism, as a branch of feminism educational thoughts, mainly embodies in the fact ...
MIAO, Lin
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Activism in the arts: Co‐researching cultural inequalities with young people during the COVID‐19 pandemic

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
wiley   +1 more source

Liminal Crises: Gendered Space, Culture, and Colonial Dystopia in Lessing’s The Grass is Singing (1950)

Cultural Intertexts
Cultural intertextuality is often viewed from the perspective of the oppressed, rather than the other way round. This is evident in the analysis of Doris Lessing’s The Grass is Singing (1950).
Angeline M. MADONGONDA, Anna CHITANDO
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Egyptian Feminism's Changing Relationship with Western Feminism

, 2014
This research in progress examines how Egyptian feminism interacts with Western feminism. I hypothesized that a majority of Egyptian feminists would view Western feminism as a hindrance to "indigenous" feminism and therefore resist it.
Ann Johnson (284582)
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