Introduction to the Special Focus
How do we ‘know’ the world? It is so vast a question that it feels, perhaps ironically, almost unknowable. Why does it matter? It is not a call to take an inventory of specific facts or perspectives, but is a question we ask in order to help frame a more critical and reflexive approach to the assum...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
University of the Free State
2020-08-01
|
| Series: | Acta Academica |
| Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/4724 |
| _version_ | 1797263317314568192 |
|---|---|
| author | Lata Narayanaswamy Julia Schöneberg |
| author_facet | Lata Narayanaswamy Julia Schöneberg |
| author_sort | Lata Narayanaswamy |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description |
How do we ‘know’ the world? It is so vast a question that it feels, perhaps ironically, almost unknowable. Why does it matter? It is not a call to take an inventory of specific facts or perspectives, but is a question we ask in order to help frame a more critical and reflexive approach to the assumptions that underpin (academic) perceptions of WHAT counts as knowledge, HOW we capture and communicate that knowledge and WHO gets to both shape and present ideas as academic (read: expert) knowledge. Taken together, these reflections can, we believe, be very instructive and support more nuanced and critical approaches to social science scholarship.
|
| first_indexed | 2024-04-25T00:11:05Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-3902697455484f1f94bfb3fa07d5d0f2 |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 0587-2405 2415-0479 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-25T00:11:05Z |
| publishDate | 2020-08-01 |
| publisher | University of the Free State |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Acta Academica |
| spelling | doaj.art-3902697455484f1f94bfb3fa07d5d0f22024-03-13T11:04:00ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Academica0587-24052415-04792020-08-0152110.18820/24150479/aa52i1/SP1Introduction to the Special FocusLata Narayanaswamy0Julia Schöneberg1University of Leeds, United KingdomUniversity of Kassel, Germany How do we ‘know’ the world? It is so vast a question that it feels, perhaps ironically, almost unknowable. Why does it matter? It is not a call to take an inventory of specific facts or perspectives, but is a question we ask in order to help frame a more critical and reflexive approach to the assumptions that underpin (academic) perceptions of WHAT counts as knowledge, HOW we capture and communicate that knowledge and WHO gets to both shape and present ideas as academic (read: expert) knowledge. Taken together, these reflections can, we believe, be very instructive and support more nuanced and critical approaches to social science scholarship. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/4724 |
| spellingShingle | Lata Narayanaswamy Julia Schöneberg Introduction to the Special Focus Acta Academica |
| title | Introduction to the Special Focus |
| title_full | Introduction to the Special Focus |
| title_fullStr | Introduction to the Special Focus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Introduction to the Special Focus |
| title_short | Introduction to the Special Focus |
| title_sort | introduction to the special focus |
| url | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/aa/article/view/4724 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT latanarayanaswamy introductiontothespecialfocus AT juliaschoneberg introductiontothespecialfocus |