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DeVore, Jonathan, Hollington, Andrea, Kloß, Sinah, Salverda, Tijo, Schneider, Nina and Tappe, Oliver (2018). Controlling Knowledge and the Role of Engaged Intellectuals. Köln: Global South Studies Center Cologne.

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Abstract

Has there been a major (epistemic) transformation towards more balanced global knowledge production or have inequalities been intensified? How are terms defined or what do we understand by ‘global knowledge production’ or ‘epistemic inequality’? How can we adapt our research topics or methods to shape a more egalitarian (global) kind of knowledge? Can we identify the (conscious) ‘gatekeepers’ of epistemic exclusion; for example, disciplinary conventions, modi operandi of publication and funding schemes, or interiorized ‘colonial’ practices? And if so, what can we do about them at conferences, in the publishing and funding sectors? How can privileged scholars engage in critical self-reflection of their academic practices – both at a theoretical and methodological level but also in everyday practices? By means of addressing these questions in a variety of ways, the aim of the issue is to investigate to what extent, how and why institutional, financial and ideological factors restrain the manoeuvring spaces, and how scholars, artists and civil society institutions can sensitise for, unmask, and resist them.

Item Type:	Book, conference item or legal commentary
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code DeVore, Jonathan jonathan.devore@yale.edu UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hollington, Andrea andrea.hollington@yahoo.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kloß, Sinah s.kloss@uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Salverda, Tijo tijo@tijosalverda.nl UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schneider, Nina nina.schneider@uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Tappe, Oliver otappe@uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email Draftsman Rutz, Lasse lasse.rutz@uni-koeln.de
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-85757
Series Name at the University of Cologne:	Voices from around the world
Volume:	1/2018
Number of Pages:	54
Date:	31 August 2018
Publisher:	Global South Studies Center Cologne
Place of Publication:	Köln
Language:	English
Faculty:	Central Institutions / Interdisciplinary Research Centers
Divisions:	Global South Studies Center
Subjects:	Generalities, Science Library and information sciences News media, journalism, publishing Philosophy Social sciences Political science Customs, etiquette, folklore Language, Linguistics Other languages Natural sciences and mathematics Geography and history Geography and travel
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/8575