Critical reflections on the place of the university in the 21st century

Boaventura de Sousa Santos; Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni; Crain Soudien

doi:10.17159/sajs.2022/14835

Critical reflections on the place of the university in the 21st century

Authors

Boaventura de Sousa Santos Professor Emeritus, School of Economics, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3359-3626
Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni Professor, Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5477-607X
Crain Soudien Adjunct Professor, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8821-5839

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/14835

Keywords:

decolonisation, crisis in the university, globalisation, southern theory, cognitive justice

Abstract

This Structured Conversation on the relevance and role of the contemporary university took place between Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni – two of the world’s most prominent thinkers on decolonisation. The discussion was moderated by Crain Soudien.

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Published

2022-10-31

Issue

Vol. 118 Special issue: Radical Reason (2022)

Section

Structured Conversation

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How to Cite

de Sousa Santos, B., Ndlovu-Gatsheni, S., & Soudien, C. (2022). Critical reflections on the place of the university in the 21st century. South African Journal of Science. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/14835