'Legitimate Knowledge': An Auto-Ethnographical Account of an African Writing Past the White Gaze in Academia. (4th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goitom, Mary
• Is Part Of: Social epistemology. Volume 33:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 193
• Page End: 204
• Publication Date: 2019-05-04
• Subjects: Knowledge production -- power -- race -- critical pedagogy; Social epistemology -- Periodicals; 121
• DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2019.1599461
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0269-1728

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article explores how issues of race and prejudice permeate knowledge production. By way of theory-driven processing, this article examines how traditional positivist practices, entrenched more than half a century ago, continue to dominate and have set the foundations by which knowledge is acquired, disseminated, understood and naturalized in two aspects: academia (tenure) and the publication process. This article further discusses how social justice and activism figure into productivity and concludes with some practical steps and suggestions to advance a more inclusive critical pedagogy in research, teaching and service.