Contact:Ms Nothemba Nqayi
- (021) 808 3717
Location: en Bosch, 41 Victoria Street (opposite House Skuilhoek and directly behind the Conservatoire)
Decolonisation
of the university curriculum: The what, why and how
The
CTL hereby invites you to a lunch-hour “padkos session” as part of the AUXIN
Project. The AUXIN Project aims to create growth opportunities for SU
lecturers.
Name of Presenter: Prof.
Lesley Le Grange
The
decolonisation of education is not a new conversation and not only a South
African one. However, following the student protests of 2015 & 2016 we have
witnessed a renewed interest in decolonisation in relation to higher education.
Evidence of this is the proliferation of literature on the topic, conferences
with decolonisation as its theme, special issues of journals on the topic, and
so forth. We can infer from all of this that decolonisation of the university
curriculum has become a hotly debated and contested terrain in South African
higher education. It has produced both evangelists and sceptics. In my
presentation, I hope to provide some clarity on the topic/debate. I shall
specifically discuss: why the need for decolonisation; what is meant by
decolonisation, and probable pathways for decolonising the university
curriculum.
Date of presentation: 29
May 2018
Time: 12:45
– 13:45
Place: Den
Bosch, 41 Victoria Street (opposite House Skuilhoek and directly behind the
Conservatoire)
Contact person: Ms
Nothemba Nqayi, Email: nothemban@sun.ac.za, Telephone: 021 808
3717
A
podcast will be available on the CTL website after the session: www.sun.ac.za/ctl