This essay sought to understand how scholars have understood the relevance of scholarly knowledge through an analysis of education policy and curriculum for “underdeveloped,” vulnerable communities. How have perceptions about the knowledge important for African communities been shaped, delimited...Read more
Conceptual Framework:
AO: This orals document is framed around Fortun’s conceptualization of discursive risks and gaps (Fortun 2012). Fortun writes that the contemporary Late Industrial period is characterized by complex conditions for which there is no available idiom...Read more
Meta-Essay:
Okune, Angela. 2018. "PhD Orals Document: Decolonizing the African University." PhD Orals Document. UC Irvine Anthropology. October. ...Read more
AO: This document is intended to advise the formatting and style for future UCI orals documents on PECE.Read more