Producing knowledge in South Africa

What is it about?

Researchers in the South contribute to knowledge production by drawing from and responding to their contexts. This gives their work a valuable angle that distinguishes it from works produced in Northern contexts.

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Why is it important?

There are currently debates about the geopolitics of knowledge which focus on the inequalities that distinguish the urban, industrial, rich North from the under-resourced South. This article addresses this debate but shows that theory is produced in the South under particular conditions and it is these conditions that are crucial in adding value to the global store of knowledge.