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The Ambit of Ethics in the South African Academic Institutions: Experience of Coloniality

The Ambit of Ethics in the South African Academic Institutions: Experience of Coloniality

Xolani Mathews Shange
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781668445075|ISBN10: 1668445077|EISBN13: 9781668445082
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4507-5.ch016
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Shange, Xolani Mathews. "The Ambit of Ethics in the South African Academic Institutions: Experience of Coloniality." Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 283-309. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4507-5.ch016

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Shange, X. M. (2022). The Ambit of Ethics in the South African Academic Institutions: Experience of Coloniality. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege (pp. 283-309). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4507-5.ch016

Chicago

Shange, Xolani Mathews. "The Ambit of Ethics in the South African Academic Institutions: Experience of Coloniality." In Research Anthology on Racial Equity, Identity, and Privilege, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 283-309. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4507-5.ch016

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Abstract

The chapter examines possible use of instruments and processes such as ethical clearance in the institutions of higher learning as subtle means of perpetuating inequality and racial prejudice towards the indigenous people of South Africa who had recently emerged from the scourge of apartheid with a hope of democracy ultimately providing not only freedom of association and speech, but also intellectual freedom. Freedom to produce African-based knowledge by Black African intellectuals pursuing their postgraduate studies and academics whose careers are at formative stages. However, their vision of becoming producers of African Indigenous knowledge is thwarted by subtle and invisible activities that are aimed at perpetuate coloniality in the higher institutions of learning. Sadly, ethical clearance process has possibly been utilized to derail research outputs that some of the old guard from historically white universities are uncomfortable to witness, thus continuing to maintain the colonial status quo.

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