Decolonising method in the age of transdisciplinarity: a case for conversational thinking
Author(s) -
Isaiah A. Negedu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
arụmarụka journal of conversational thinking
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2788-7928
DOI - 10.4314/ajct.v1i1.3
Subject(s) - transdisciplinarity , scholarship , transcendence (philosophy) , epistemology , corollary , sociology , subjectivity , space (punctuation) , psychology , pedagogy , linguistics , philosophy , political science , mathematics , pure mathematics , law
I will respond to two queries in this work. The first bothers on the possibility of having a single space in a transdisciplinary discourse. What will scholarship look like when we all come from our various vantage points? The second issue is a corollary of the first; will transcendence of disciplines be another ploy of coloniality to create a special breed that privileges one group over others? Overall, I argue that transdisciplinarity, as it stands, is inadequate since it silently promotes the exclusion of some methods. I will call for conversational thinking, which serves as a model for others to speak meaningfully and be heard.
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