South-South Dialogue

In Search of Humanity

Bibliographic Data

ID3000218
AuthorsBryan Mukandi (0000-0002-0497-4166, The University of Queensland, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume47
Issue1
Pages73-81
Publication date2017-09-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1326-0111 • E-ISSN: 2049-7784
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/jie.2017.24
OpenAlexW2755569539
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited21

This paper is a meditation on the idea of South-South dialogue, beginning with the South-South Dialogues: Situated Perspectives in Decolonial Epistemologies symposium held at the University of Queensland in 2015. I interrogate the concept of South-South dialogue, apposing it to the Cartesian 'I think', and then question the plausibility of the concept. On the basis of a Gadamerian conception of understanding, I suggest that what passes for South-South dialogue is in fact more likely to be North-South or even North-North dialogue. This is buttressed by an examination of Valentin Mudimbe's Parables and Fables. I go on to suggest, however, that by staying within the realm of the concept, in what could be called a Cartesian paradigm, Mudimbe misses the important role that South-South dialogue can play. Drawing on the work of Sara Motta, Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions and the concept of hunhu, I claim that the promise of South-South dialogue is the creation of spaces in which humanity is fostered

Archaeology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Humanity · Political science · Realm · Situated · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · History · Law · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies

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