Deconstructing and Reconstructing. Embracing Alternative Ways of Producing, Classifying and Disseminating Knowledge

Bibliographic Data

ID6014136
AuthorsP Levitt (0000-0002-6427-0101, Wellesley College), Maurice Crul (0000-0002-2003-7826, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Year2018
Volume48
Issue41
Pages3-101
Publication date2018-12-20
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEtnološka tribina (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0351-1944 • E-ISSN: 1848-9540
PublisherCroatian Ethnological Society (PUBLISHER • HR)
DOI10.15378/1848-9540.2018.41.01
OpenAlexW2906086368
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited42

In this short piece, we argue for a fundamental reconsideration and reorganization of knowledge production. Intellectual and cultural inequality are part and parcel of socioeconomic inequality. How can we create a better world if we are not clear about the premises behind the knowledge that we have about that world and how it is produced? We need to look carefully at what is silenced and what is said out loud; at what is obscured, hiding in plain sight, or given centre stage. Not only is the task at hand to see clearly what comes into view when these embedded assumptions are excavated. It is also to create new words, new methods, and new institutions that do not repeat the same mistakes. It is a plea to train the next generation differently, so they are prepared to chart a new path toward producing, classifying, and using knowledge in more onstructive and inclusive ways. Keywords: knowledge production, decentre, post-colonial, critical, culture, global

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