Curiosity is the Bedrock that transcends Boundaries and foments African Conceptualization of Critical Categories
African Conceptualization of Critical Categories
Mots-clés :
Curiosité, Catégories critiques africaines, production de savoir, Bakpεle, GhanaRésumé
Le modèle dominant de la production du savoir continue de refléter une division mondiale du travail intellectuel très stratifiée. Cet article s’appuie sur les processus de pensée des Bakpεle du Ghana pour postuler que la curiosité, et la production de connaissances qui en résulte, est un art éternellement humain, ce qui rend impératif de repenser la manière dont le savoir mondial est produit. À partir d’études de terrain, le déploiement de l’observation participative et des discussions avec des individus bien informés dans le cadre des études communautaires, cet article démontre le processus d’élaboration de catégories conceptuelles telles que la citoyenneté, le leadership, la race, l’engagement, la délibération et la restauration qui émanent de la curiosité et du discours critique propre aux Bakpεle pour informer l’organisation et l’ordre social.
Ikisiri – Swahili
Muundo uliopo wa uzalishaji wa maarifa unaendelea kutoa tafakari kuhusu mgawanyiko wa kidunia wa wafanyakazi wa kitaaluma. Makala hii inaangazia michakato ya mawazo ya Bakpεle nchini Ghana ili kusisitiza kwamba udadisi na uzalishaji wa maarifa ni sanaa ya kibinadamu inayofanya iwe muhimu kutafakari tena jinsi maarifa ya ulimwengu yanavyozalishwa. Kwa kutumia data kutoka uwandani, uchunguzi shirikishi, na majadiliano na watu wenye ujuzi kama sehemu ya masomo ya jamii, makala hii inaonyesha mchakato wa ufafanuzi wa kategoria za dhana kama vile uraia, uongozi, rangi, ushiriki, mazungumzo, na maongozi yanayotokana na udadisi wa watu wa Bakpεle pamoja na semi muhimu zinazotoa taswira ya mpangilio wa utaratibu wa kijamii.
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