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SUMMARY:Decolonising African politics: Where is there evidence of change? 
 - Stephanie Diepeveen\, Centre of Governance and Human Rights\, University
  of Cambridge
DTSTART:20190423T121000Z
DTEND:20190423T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Jenny Zhao
DESCRIPTION:Decolonising the university is a growing concern in the social
  sciences. It is no longer acceptable to assume that Western theories and 
 histories are sufficient for making sense of the world –all the more cle
 ar as western democracies are being destabilised by forms of populism\, fa
 ke news\, even Brexit. This paper examines the evidence for recent change 
 in the use of Western-centred epistemological concepts and practices with 
 regards to published scholarship on the politics of Africa. Political scho
 lars recognise that a constrained higher education sector and scholarly co
 nventions limit theory generation from Africa\, but little is known about 
 efforts to navigate and generate new ideas and theoretical approaches from
  the continent. This paper aims to build an evidence base for moves to dec
 olonising knowledge production through a systematic review of theoretical 
 conventions in published scholarship. It poses and addresses the questions
 : How is theory being engaged in the study of the politics of Africa? To w
 hat extent does the study of the politics of Africa inform theory generati
 on?\n\nDr Stephanie Diepeveen is a Research Associate and Deputy Director 
 in Cambridge’s Centre of Governance and Human Rights\, and a Postdoctora
 l Research Associate at Darwin College. Stephanie’s research explores th
 e intersections of forms of power and digital technology\, beginning from 
 an empirical lens in East Africa.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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