Education Seminar by Professor Anders Breidlid

Professor Anders Breidlid, from the University of Oslo presents a seminar on: The Imposition of Western Epistemology on Education and Learning in the Global South.

By first exploring the trajectory of Western knowledge production historically, he will discuss the consequences of the hegemonic role of Western epistemology on learning and educational research, with particular reference to the global South.

Drawing on case-study research in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, Professo Breidlid will argue that the pervasiveness of the global architecture and the hegemonic educational research conducted in the North/West often means a dislocation of home and indigenous languages, epistemologies and cultures with dire academic consequences.

In order to make school and education systems in the global South better equipped to meet the challenges of globalization there is a need for Western scholars to dialogue with scholars from the global South in order to communicate across the epistemological gap between contested knowledge systems.

To assist with catering please confirm your attendance by 9 May 2013.