1. Decolonising disasters.
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MASCULINITY ,EMERGENCY management ,DECOLONIZATION ,DISASTERS ,CRISIS management ,INDIGENOUS psychology ,CROSS-cultural studies ,ANTI-imperialist movements - Abstract
Keywords: decolonisation; indigenous and local knowledge; people's science; scientific knowledge; Western knowledge; hegemony; epistemology; culture; language; methodology; ethics; publishing; orientalism1 EN decolonisation indigenous and local knowledge people's science scientific knowledge Western knowledge hegemony epistemology culture language methodology ethics publishing orientalism1 1121 1126 6 09/14/22 20221001 NES 221001 Introduction Who defines the research objectives of studies on disasters? Decolonisation of knowledge is central to the entire decolonisation project as much as the colonisation of knowledge was the main instrument of colonisation. Knowledge production is no longer confined to hegemonic Western science: decolonisation has advanced to recognise and legitimise all other epistemologies, methodologies, or approaches, including those previously marginalised local, traditional, or indigenous forms of knowledge or knowledge systems. [Extracted from the article]
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- 2022
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