Resignificaciones conceptuales y epistemológicas en el pensamiento político feminista eurocéntrico desde los feminismos periféricos || Conceptual and epistemological resignificatio... by Rocío Medina Martín

“…The  aim  of  this  work  is  to  investigate  and  systematize  the  main  conceptual  and  epistemological  contributions  to  the  feminist  political  thinking,  in  a  specific  Eurocentric  sense,  made  by  peripheral  feminisms,  also  known  as  postcolonial  feminisms.  …”
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Decolonialidade e farmacolonialidade by Saulo Carneiro

“…Together, we aim to articulate these ideas with the decolonial ideas of the Modernity/Coloniality (M/C) group, and also with the more recent idea of pharmacoloniality, pointing to the influences of Eurocentric rationality in the construction of knowledge about marijuana, its uses and users in the Brazilian territory throughout history. …”
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Indigenous Expertise as Cultural Expertise in the World Heritage Protective Framework by Noelle Higgins

“…There have been numerous criticisms regarding the Eurocentric nature of the framework, and concerns over its the decision-making processes, e.g. in respect of inscription of sites on the World Heritage List. …”
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Decolonial Re-existence through Animist Realism: Water Spirits and Shamanic Mantras in Janice Pariat's Boats on Land by Sampda Swaraj, Binod Mishra

“…To accomplish this, an epistemic delinking from the paradigm of Eurocentric discourses is imperative in the interest of a comprehensive appreciation and recognition of Indigenous knowledge systems. …”
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O fim do mundo ainda demora: novas missivas em nome de Jacques Derrida, a partir da literatura by Fabio Pomponio Saldanha

“…Finally, the opposite is suggested, based on the notion according to which it is understood that the World, when described as one, is a Eurocentric and Modern version of the word, having the Anthropocene as its apex, and seeing in the end of the World a positive idea, a welcome one, as it puts the colonial, racist experience, that sustains the project of Modernity, to an end. …”
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Transversal Alliances: White Fantasies of Indigeneity in Suzanne Desrochers’s Bride of New France by Eva C. Karpinski

“…Moreover, Desrochers' hybrid text, a product of "miscegenation" between history and literature, relies on Eurocentric stereotypes of the Noble Savage and the bad Indian, which suggests that perhaps even her ostensibly feminist attempt to re-read the imperial moment through the stock repertoire of gothic images, no matter how well intentioned, cannot be free from the risk of re-enacting the discursive violence that was constitutive of colonial representation of the Natives and assertions of cultural hegemony. …”
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‘Whose Place of Speech?’ Brazil’s Afro- and Queer-Centric <i>YouTube</i> Channels and the Decentralization of <i>TV Globo’s Telenovela</i> Discourse by Regina Castro McGowan

“…Recently, Afro-Brazilian and Queer-centric <i>YouTube</i> channels have attracted subscribers by emphasizing content centered on <i>negritude</i>, gender politics, and place of speech while deconstructing and de-normalizing Eurocentric and patriarchal controlling images. Against examples of <i>TV Globo</i>’s normative discourse of the past decades, the <i>YouTube</i> channels discussed in this paper represent alternative mediums for agency, visibility, and unbiased representations of gender and racial identities in Brazil.…”
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Akonta: Examining the epistemology and ontology of Made in Africa Evaluation by Mjiba Frehiwot

“…Conclusion: Made in Africa evaluation as a method and theory is waging an uphill battle against epistemic injustice in knowledge production, Eurocentric epistemology in evaluation, unequal power relations and projects funded by external donors. …”
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The portrayal of Africa and Africans in the book of Jeremiah by David T. Adamo

“…It is also gratifying information in itself to know that Africa and Africans have participated in the drama of redemption which has not been recognised as such by either Eurocentric scholars or by the majority of Africentric scholars themselves. …”
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Generative Learning and the Making of Ethical Space: Indigenizing Forest School Teacher Training in Wabanakik by Katalin Eve Koller, Kay Rasmussen

“…This is necessary to address the Eurocentric forest and nature school practices in Canada, which often fail to recognize the herstories, presence, rights, and diversity of Indigenous Peoples and places. …”
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“Let Me Come to Tell You”: Rethinking Gender, Colonialism, and Narratives of Modernity from the Northern Namibian Sound Archive by Heike Becker

“…The argument thus extends to a broader reflection on the potential of historical sound recordings for challenging Eurocentric teleological narratives of gender and modernity. …”
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Biblical discourses and the construction of genders and sexualities in contemporary South Africa: A decolonial analysis by Themba Shingange

“…In Africa, genders and sexualities were (mis)construed by colonial and missionary enterprises, and they continue to be defined according to Eurocentric terms and perceptions. This has produced ‘modern sexual repression’. …”
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Online Success as Horizon of Survival: Children and the Digital Economy in Lagos, Nigeria by Jaana Serres

“…Literature on the impact of the digital ecosystem on youth is largely grounded on Western case studies and Eurocentric in its working assumptions; yet African children and teenagers—who account for most of the continent’s population—have been early adopters of social media’s possibilities and are exposed to distinctive risks. …”
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Beyond Ubuntu: Nnoboa and Sankofa as Decolonizing and Indigenous Evaluation Epistemic Foundations from Ghana by Douglas Asante, Thomas Archibald

“…Purpose: Drawing on Ghanaian epistemologies and frameworks, the purpose of this paper is to propose the Nnoboa system of communal collaboration in farming and industry, as well as the notion of Sankofa as a traditional philosophical concept that irrupts and challenges hegemonic Eurocentric notions of the linearity of time, to yield a Ghanaian indigenous knowledge of evaluation. …”
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A Decolonial Perspective on Online Media Discourses in the Context of Violence Against People With Disabilities in South Africa by Lorenzo Dalvit

“…By focusing on stories related to issues that received extensive media coverage (e.g. mental health, police brutality and gender-based violence), I problematise the Eurocentric human-rights discourse informing public and scholarly discussions. …”
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Practicing diversity in higher education in geography: exploring spaces of diversity and their barriers in a geography department in Switzerland by Jokela-Pansini, M, Wintzer, J

“…<p>Recent feminist geographic scholarship has urged geographers to distance themselves from androcentric and Eurocentric approaches, and to open up the discipline to diverse perspectives. …”

Land Is Life: Indigenous Relationships to Territory and Navigating Settler Colonial Property Regimes in Canada by Clifford Atleo, Jonathan Boron

“…We introduce several perspectives on land rooted in diverse Indigenous worldviews and contrast them with settler colonial perspectives rooted in Eurocentric worldviews. We then examine several examples in Canada where Indigenous nations attempt to reconnect with their homelands, protect them, and/or engage with them for economic development. …”
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Conflict of cultures: a marginalised orphan of the colonial discourse ‘disinterred’ in Jack Maggs by Peter Carey by Rafał Łyczkowski

“…Maggs ceases to be spoken for as a study of the Eurocentric world, becoming a voice of those silenced and devoid of their land, whose culture was meant to be uprooted by the colonial power dynamics. …”
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Unpartitionable: C.H. Alexandrowicz, Sovereign Divisibility, and the Longue Durée of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by Eric Loefflad

“…Alexandrowicz, a Polish jurist renowned for his anti-Eurocentric revisionist account of Asian and African agency within the meta-narrative of international law. …”
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From celebration to utilisation: How linguistic diversity can reduce epistemic inequalities by Marcus Grohmann

“…However, it is often overlooked that greater representation of people of colour does not automatically challenge the epistemic authority that tends to rest with white people and/or Eurocentric knowledge systems. This was the backdrop of a study carried out in a multi-‘racial’ South African congregation. …”
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