Indigenous Made in Africa Evaluation Frameworks: Addressing Epistemic Violence and Contributing to Social Transformation. (June 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chilisa, Bagele; Mertens, Donna M.
• Is Part Of: American journal of evaluation. Volume 42:Number 2(2021)
• Page Start: 241
• Page End: 253
• Publication Date: 2021-06
• Subjects: Indigenous framework -- Made in Africa evaluation -- Transformative evaluation -- Sustainable Development Goals; Evaluation -- Periodicals; Public administration -- Evaluation -- Periodicals; Educational evaluation -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1098214020948601
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1098-2140

Abstract

Transformative change is needed if the world is to achieve the sustainable development goals. Such change requires attention to culture, ethics, and values. We discuss the need to be responsive to the voices of Indigenous scholars in terms of the assumptions that guide methodological choices in the evaluation of international initiatives. We describe an Indigenous paradigmatic framework and then narrow the focus to a Made in Africa approach to evaluation that is designed to redress the epistemic violence perpetrated by the use of a Western cultural lens to determine evaluation approaches.