Addressing the Challenge of Epistemicide and African Self-Understanding through a Study of Chinweizu’s Ubuntology: Groundwork for the Intellectual Autonomy of the Black Race

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 100-123
Author(s):  
Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Black Race ◽  
African People ◽  
Intellectual Autonomy ◽  
Critical Intervention ◽  
African Intellectuals ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

Abstract In this article, I explore the forms of knowledge available among contemporary African intellectuals to identify their possible outcomes. I examine Chinweizu’s concerted effort in Ubuntology: Groundwork for the Intellectual Autonomy of the Black Race (2004). Through a critical review of this monograph, I suggest other ways to address the challenge of knowledge creation and consumption in Africa. I examine the work through the notion of epistemicide. First, I discuss epistemicide – a major claim that the knowledge design in Africa presently is against the intellectual well-being of the African people. I provide justifications of the claim to epistemicide. Thereafter, I provide a critical intervention to the challenge of epistemicide Chinweizu discussed in Ubuntology: Groundwork for the Intellectual Autonomy of the Black Race (2004). Subsequently, I argue for the need to go beyond epistemicide, and to pursue a system of knowledge creation (or knowledge acquisition, or knowledge application) that will liberate Africa.

The Different Key Processes in the Implementation of Knowledge Management Among IC Designers, Distributors and Manufacturers

2011 ◽  
pp. 362-377
Author(s):  
Pei-Di Shen ◽  
Tsang-Hsiung Lee ◽  
Chia-Wen Tsai ◽  
Yi-Fen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Integrated Circuit ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Semiconductor Manufacturing ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Exploratory Investigation ◽  
Manufacturing Company

This study is an exploratory investigation of the enabling roles of knowledge management for integrated circuit (IC) Designers, Distributors, and Manufacturers. This study explores the different enabling roles in terms of knowledge creation, storage/retrieval, transfer and application when businesses implement knowledge management in upstream, midstream, and downstream firms in the IC industry. Three cases, Winbond, Worldpeace, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) were studied and analyzed systemically to illustrate the findings and insights in this study. The findings in this study point out that IC designers may focus more on knowledge storage, while IC distributors pay more attention to knowledge application and IC Manufacturers emphasize knowledge creation. The necessity to implement knowledge management in the distribution industry is also emphasized in this study. Moreover, the reasons for the different enabling roles are presented in the ‘Insights from Case Studies’ section of the paper.

Journal publication ethics and implications for life science researchers: a COPE perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 763-767
Author(s):  
Trevor Lane
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Publication Ethics ◽  
Ethical Practice ◽  
Concerted Effort ◽  
Research Publication ◽  
Journal Publication

The quality of the research record in the form of peer-reviewed journal archives is a reflection of not only the quality of the research publication and correction process, but also the quality of the underlying knowledge creation process. Key to the integrity of the research record are honesty and accountability from all parties involved in governing, performing, and publishing scholarly work. A concerted effort is needed to nurture an ethical research publishing culture by promoting ethical practice, relevant training, and effective systems for responding to allegations of research or publication misconduct. The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) is a membership organisation that aims to promote integrity in research publishing, for example, by developing and encouraging best practices to ensure that research is reported ethically, completely, and transparently. COPE uses the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing as part of its criteria when evaluating publishers and journals as members. Researchers can also make use of these guidelines to assess a journal's quality and to gain insights into what peer-reviewed journals expect from authors. The present article outlines and discusses these guidelines to help life science researchers publish ethically, as well as to identify ethical journals as readers, authors, and reviewers.

Acknowledging Knowledge: Dissemination and Reception of Expertise in Colonial Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 389-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitri van den Bersselaar
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
Basic Assumptions ◽  
Broad Field ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

At every level, the functioning of African colonial societies depended on the availability and mediation of useful information and knowledge. The majority of the existing literature on “colonial knowledge” focuses on one area of this broad field: the various forms of knowledge about their subjects on which colonial states depended. Most of our attempts to understand such knowledge have tended to analyze colonial knowledge as a system: we have tried to identify which were the sets of shared basic assumptions and rules that governed the creation and presentation of knowledge. In analyzing the processes through which colonial knowledge was produced, we have looked at the role of “Orientalism” and other forms of “Othering.” We have examined various investigative modalities. Finally, we have seen how such knowledge may be compared to a pidgin language that allows for communication between colonizers and representatives of the colonized. We have also examined the opportunities for Africans to manipulate the outcomes of colonial knowledge creation, as well as such basic but essential factors as the realities of government support and funding.

scholarly journals HR practices, workplace well being and knowledge creation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Μαρία Κουτίβα
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Hr Practices

Η δημιουργία Νέας Γνώσης είναι ζωτικής σημασίας για έναν οργανισμό, καθώς μπορεί να αποτελέσει έναν από τους σημαντικότερους πόρους του. Αυτός είναι και ο λόγος που πολλοί οργανισμοί επενδύουν στο να ανακαλύψουν πως δημιουργείται η νέα γνώση μέσα στo πλαίσιo λειτουργίας τους – όπως επίσης και ο λόγος για τον οποίο διενεργείται πληθώρα νέων ακαδημαϊκών ερευνών σε αυτό τον τομέα. Περισσότερη γνώση δημιουργείται καθημερινά και πάντα υπάρχει πρόσφορο έδαφος διερεύνησης των αιτιών που οδηγούν σε αυτή. Επιπλέον, ο τουριστικός τομέας στην Ελλάδα θα μπορούσε να ωφεληθεί από τη διερεύνηση των μηχανισμών δημιουργίας νέας γνώσης, καθώς είναι ένας τομέας με μεγάλες δυνατότητες – αλλά για να εκμεταλλευτεί αυτές τις δυνατότητες πλήρως, θα πρέπει να γίνει περισσότερο καινοτόμος. Η παρούσα έρευνα εστιάζει στις Πρακτικές Διαχείρισης Ανθρώπινων Πόρων, όπως αυτές σχεδιάζονται και υλοποιούνται από διευθυντικά στελέχη ξενοδοχείων ανά την Ελλάδα, καθώς και στον τρόπο που αυτές οι πρακτικές γίνονται αντιληπτές από τους εργαζόμενους. Επίσης, εστιάζει στην Ευημέρια στο Εργασιακό Περιβάλλον, η σχέση της οποίας με την έκβαση των διαδικασιών δημιουργίας νέας γνώσης δεν έχει διερευνηθεί επαρκώς. Ο σχεδιασμός της έρευνας στοχεύει στο να δώσει απάντηση στα εξής ερωτήματα: «Εξηγούν οι Πρακτικές Διαχείρισης Ανθρώπινων Πόρων που εφαρμόζονται στα ξενοδοχεία, από τα στελέχοι, τον τρόπο με τον οποίο αυτές οι πρακτικές γίνονται αντιληπτές, από τους εργαζόμενους, και επηρεάζει ο τρόπος αυτός το τελικό αποτέλεσμα της παραγωγής νέας γνώσης, και σε ποιο βαθμό η ευεξία στο εργασιακό περιβάλλον διαμεσολαβεί αυτή τη σχέση;». Η έρευνα είναι επαγωγικής φύσεως, καθώς οι υποθέσεις διατυπώθηκαν με βάση το υπάρχον θεωρητικό υπόβαθρο και στη συνέχεια εξετάστηκαν βάση ποσοτικών χαρακτηριστικών. Η ανάλυση έγινε σε ομαδικό, αλλά και σε ατομικό επίπεδο. Για το σκοπό της έρευνας, δεδομένα συλλέχθησαν από εργαζόμενους σε δώδεκα ξενοδοχειακούς οργανισμούς ανά την Ελλάδα και αναλύθηκαν με τη χρήση R και SPSS. Το δείγμα αποτελείται από 216 ερωτηματολόγια. 185 από αυτά συμπληρώθηκαν από εργαζόμενους και 31 από στελέχη των εν λόγω επιχειρήσεων. Τα αποτελέσματα κατέδειξαν αφενός ότι η ευημερία στο εργασιακό περιβάλλον προάγει τη δημιουργία αποτελεσμάτων νέας γνώσης, αφετέρου δε ότι οι πρακτικές διαχείρισης ανθρώπινων πόρων – όπως αυτές σχεδιάζονται και υλοποιούνται από διευθυντικά στελέχη – δεν γίνονται πάντα αντιληπτές με τον ίδιο τρόπο από τους εργαζόμενους. Επιπλέον, ο τρόπος με τον οποίο κάποιες από πρακτικές διαχείρισης ανθρώπινων πόρων γίνονται αντιληπτές επηρεάζει σημαντικά τη δημιουργία νέας γνώσης. Στη συνέχεια συζητώνται διεξοδικά τα ευρήματα και οι διαχειριστικές συνέπειες, παρουσιάζονται οι περιορισμοί που προέκυψαν κατά την ερευνητική διαδικασία και προτείνονται μελλοντικές ερευνητικές δυνατότητες και προοπτικές.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Penerapan Knowledge Management (KM) Terhadap Kesuksesan Pengadaan Sistem Informasi: Pendekatan Kuantitatif

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (02) ◽  
Author(s):  
Asti Amalia Nur Fajrillah
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Management Knowledge

Alih daya (outsourcing) sistem informasi atau sering kali disebut sebagai pengadaan sistem informasi dapat diartikan sebagai pengalihan sebagian atau seluruhnya fungsi sistem informasi dari sebuah organisasi kepada penyedia layanan eksternal, untuk memperoleh keuntungan ekonomi, teknologi dan strategis. Namun mendapatkan keuntungan dari outsourcing sistem informasi bukanlah hal yang mudah; terdapat beberapa faktor yang harus diperhatikan untuk mendapatkan keseluruhan keuntungan dari outsourcing sistem informasi, sehingga suatu organisasi dapat dikatakan berhasil dalam outsourcing sistem informasinya. Di lain pihak, penerapan Knowledge Management (KM) diartikan sebagai sebuah proses dari Knowledge Management yang disebut siklus pengetahuan (knowledge cycle), dimana terdapat kegiatan pembuatan (creation), penyebaran (sharing), dan penggunaan (application) pengetahuan didalamnya. Pada kebanyakan organisasi, KM dianggap sebagai faktor utama untuk memperoleh dan mendukung keunggulan bersaing. Selanjutnya, pengetahuan juga dianggap sebagai faktor sangat penting dalam keberhasilan outsourcing sistem informasi. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji hubungan antara penerapan Knowledge Management (knowledge creation, knowledge sharing, dan knowledge application) pada keberhasilan outsourcing sistem informasi melalui faktor penentu pengadaan sistem informasi (kualitas komunikasi dan kualitas kerjasama). Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan melibatkan 66 manajer proyek sistem informasi pada sektor telekomunikasi di Indonesia. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa knowledge application sebagai tahap akhir pada penerapan KM memberikan pengaruh signifikan terhadap kesuksesan outsourcing sistem informasi melalui kualitas komunikasi dan kualitas kerjasama. Pada akhirnya, menyediakan model penerapan knowledge management dapat digunakan sebagai salah satu panduan bagi organisasi dalam melakukan outsourcing sistem informasi untuk mencapai kesuksesan dan memperoleh keseluruhan keuntungan dari outsorcing sistem informasi tersebut.

Enabling Organizational Learning to Contribute toward a Learning Organization

2011 ◽  
pp. 2221-2239
Author(s):  
Pei-Di Shen ◽  
Tsang-Hsiung Lee ◽  
Chia-Wen Tsai ◽  
Yi-Fen Chen
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Knowledge Application

How can practices of knowledge management (KM) enable organizational learning to occur and then lead toward a learning organization? We seek the answer to this question by exploring three cases, Winbond, Worldpeace, and TSMC, chosen respectively from upstream, midstream, and downstream firms in the IC industry in Taiwan. We studied KM practices focusing on aspects of knowledge creation, storage/retrieval, transfer and application. Results showed that KM may play different enabling roles among IC designer, distributor and manufacturer. In this study it was found that IC designers may focus more on knowledge storage, while IC distributors pay more attention to knowledge application, and IC manufacturers emphasize knowledge creation.

scholarly journals Witchcraft and its impact on black African Christians: A lacuna in the ministry of the Hervormde Kerk in Suidelike Afrika

2004 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matsobane J. Manala
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Black African ◽  
African People ◽  
The People

Witchcraft is presented as a threat to the life and well-being of the people of Africa, their embracement of Christianity notwithstanding. This article seeks to highlight the negative impact of witchcraft beliefs and experiences among many African people, including Christians and the educated, that is, “educated” in the western sense. The article identifies a lacuna in the Hervormde Kerk in Suidelike Afrika’s ministry to the sick and to those who find themselves engulfed by misfortune in one form or another and believed to have been caused by witchcraft. The article points to the need for a ministry that will be relevant and meaningful in addressing the illnesses and misfortunes of black African Christians.

scholarly journals 50 Years of Independence: Reflections on the Role of Publishing and Progressive African Intellectuals

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Bgoya
Keyword(s):  
African State ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
African Languages ◽  
Intellectual Autonomy ◽  
International Solidarity ◽  
Intellectual Environment ◽  
African Intellectuals

In this contribution, the role of progressive African intellectuals fifty years after independence in the context of African postcolonial, political and socio-economic conditions is examined. African intellectuals have been marginalized by the African state, and progressive intellectuals have been disunited in their struggle for relevance. The possibilities for African intellectual autonomy and international solidarity are shown through a recollection of the flourishing intellectual environment and local publishing output of post-independence Tanzania. The end of that era and the demise of publishing, including in African languages, has negatively impacted African economic and intellectual emancipation and can only be addressed by international solidarity among progressive intellectuals.

scholarly journals Using metaphors for addressing urban sustainability

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pekka Halla ◽  
Romano Wyss ◽  
Aristide Athanassiadis ◽  
Guillaume Drevon ◽  
Michael U. Hensel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Complex Task ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Know How ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Future Work ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

Enhancing the sustainability of cities is a timely, complex task. It involves the challenge of identifying the concerns and goals of different stakeholders in an inclusive manner and bringing into dialogue the various forms of knowledge and know-how that can address these concerns. At the moment, the lack of suitable concepts and methods for taking on this challenge limits our ability to conceive appropriate measures for promoting the sustainable development of cities. We propose three theses outlining the value of metaphors in tackling the challenge, demonstrated through the analysis of three prominent urban metaphors, and as an outcome, suggest three avenues for future work. With our contribution, we wish to encourage the construction of new approaches to urban sustainability based on transdisciplinary knowledge creation and the inclusive acknowledgement of different sustainability requirements.

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