Moree, Jorian (2023) The University of Coloniality: Sustainable development & indigenous knowledge systems. A case study on how to include local & indigenous knowledge systems within South African education. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
This paper elaborates on a research gap within scholarship and education which discusses the problems within University education in the Global South, with a case study of education South Africa. As most literature is written by scholars from the Global North without input from people connected with the universities (E.g. Students or professors). The focus of the paper is on knowledge within universities in the South African context to find out on a grassroots level if there are gaps in knowledge or research, discrimination, Apartheid, and Eurocentrism. With as goal, finding and conceptualising the gap in existing research based on the absence of individual opinions on ethnographic levels within the research on universities in the Global South. The research question for the discussion section is then: What are perceived problems in the education system for people studying or working at UCT and UWC? Adding to that, how is this different from the academic discourse on education in the Global South? Therefore, the paper will form a basis to find common grounds and room for cooperation toward reaching the Social Development Goals (SDGs) in Global academia and minimise the gap between the Global North and South in terms of knowledge sharing and cooperation for future generations and research to achieve the SDGs. This paper aims to form the basis for future research on the inclusion of indigenous and local knowledge within the discourse of sustainable development, especially within education. Starting with a narrative review of existing knowledge on the topics needed to create a framework of sustainable development with indigenous knowledge. The main takeaway from the discussion is the story of the people which focuses on the local area of Cape Town, and the struggles of this particular context. The story is shaped by the people who live and experience the everyday life within this context, who expressed as main issues: the absence of a stable energy network, the English language is not native to the area but is standard in universities, not many job opportunities after studying, and the capitalist nature of the institutions. Solutions are briefly discussed, especially focusing on diminishing language barriers and increasing inclusion of the local communities more.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Emlen, N.Q. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 09:46 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/268 |
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