Eurocentrism vs. Afrocentric Scholarship: A Constructive Disruptive Account of an Academic (Conflictology) Self-Reflexivity

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dc.contributor.authorFrancis Onditi
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-15T07:45:54Z
dc.date.available2024-08-15T07:45:54Z
dc.date.issued2024-04-17
dc.description.abstractThis review study aims to debunk the notion that the Global South, particularly Africa, is essentially a consumer of knowledge produced by the Global North. While some scholars have argued that the lopsided nature of the global knowledge architecture might be attributed to North-South politics and the historical legacy of colonialism, the issue of “self-consciousness” in reinventing scientific methodological approaches within academic disciplines remains insufficiently addressed among scholars in the Global South. Using the case of “conflictology” as an emerging academic discipline and insights from the three cardinal principles of transformative leadership, this study explores new frontiers of knowledge production from my own field experiences researching the viability of African interethnic border markets as Infrastructures for Peace (I4P). This is part of the long-term, complex research agenda I have pursued in my quest for a scientific “explanation” of the concept of “closeness centrality” in the study of conflict evolutionary theories in human society.
dc.identifier.citationOnditi, F. (2024). Eurocentrism vs. Afrocentric Scholarship: A Constructive Disruptive Account of an Academic (Conflictology) Self-Reflexivity. Alternatives, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/03043754241247257
dc.identifier.issnISSN:0304-3754
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.ru.ac.ke/handle/123456789/72
dc.publisherAlternatives: Global, Local, Political.
dc.subjectConflictology, Afrocentricity, Eurocentricity, Global South, Intertribal Border Markets
dc.titleEurocentrism vs. Afrocentric Scholarship: A Constructive Disruptive Account of an Academic (Conflictology) Self-Reflexivity

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