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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
Resisting dominant discourses: Implications of indigenous, African feminist theory and methods for gender and education research
Gender and Education, Volume 22, No. 6, Year 2010
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In this paper we explore tensions between Western gender theory and research, and post-colonial and indigenous feminist standpoints, which challenge us to redefine our roles as feminist-activist educators and researchers working with formerly colonised and historically marginalised communities. We discuss how African and Black feminist approaches can enable the construction of context-specific knowledge of African women's power via relational world views of motherhood, family, sisterhood and friendship. In contrast, the application of Western gender theory and policy in Botswana has tended to reduce women and girls' experiences to the categories of 'victim' and 'other'. We illustrate how Western male hegemony enters the school through subjects such as religion and can be typically reinforced through Tswana culture, embodied in language and rituals, generating multiple centres of oppression for girls/women in the education system and the public space. The paper explores ethical and transformative ways of approaching this complexity that can account for how girls and women negotiate and resist patriarchal power. Through analysis of empirical research narratives from several gender- and education-focused studies, we explore strategies for decolonising Euro-Western archival knowledge and challenging dominant, patriarchal, colonial research methodologies. Finally, we outline the role of the activist feminist researcher as transformative healer, who resists dominant research discourses in order to develop processes of social justice and healing in the community. © 2010 Taylor & Francis.
Authors & Co-Authors
Chilisa, Bagele
Botswana, Gaborone
University of Botswana
Ntseane, Gabo
Botswana, Gaborone
University of Botswana
Statistics
Citations: 167
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/09540253.2010.519578
ISSN:
09540253
e-ISSN:
13600516
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Botswana
Participants Gender
Male
Female