An autoethnographic reflection on the verb “decolonize” in sociological knowledge production
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21775339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leonardo Custódio (0000-0002-7537-9671, Åbo Akademi University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 33 |
| Pages | 68-82 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | MEDIACIONES (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1692-5688 • E-ISSN: 2590-8057 |
| Publisher | Corporacion Minuto de Dios University - UNIMINUTO (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.26620/uniminuto.mediaciones.20.33.2024.68-82 |
| OpenAlex | W4409874074 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Decolonization seems to have become a buzzword in multiple disciplines. However, the debate about what it means in relation to individual, collective, institutional and structural changes in academia remains under-discussed. Inspired by Tuck and Yang’s article “Decolonization is not a metaphor” (2012), the author –descendent of enslaved people in a former Portuguese colony– reflects on his own relationship with coloniality and what “to decolonize” means in his own scholarly trajectory. The goal of the essay is to reflect about a researcher’s own epistemological choices and power positions in an unequal and hierarchical academia
Autoethnography · Economics · Epistemology · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Linguistics · Social science · Sociology · Verb · Computer Science · Philosophy · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |