Curriculum Epistemicide by Joo M. Paraskeva - 9780367195984

Curriculum EpistemicideTowards An Itinerant Curriculum Theory\nAuthor(s): Joo M. Paraskeva\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367195984, 978-0367195984\nSynopsis\nAround the world, curriculum hard sciences, social sciences and the humanities has been dominated and legitimated by prevailing Western Eurocentric Anglophone discourses and practices. Drawing from and within a complex range of epistemological perspectives from the Middle East, Africa, Southern Europe, and Latin America, this volume presents a critical analysis of what the author, influenced by the work of Sousa Santos, coins curriculum epistemicides, a form of Western imperialism used to suppress and eliminate the creation of rival, alternative knowledges in developing countries. This exertion of power denies an education that allows for diverse epistemologies, disciplines, theories, concepts, and experiences. The author outlines the struggle for soci.