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OverviewAcross the world, universities are grappling with the colonial legacies that have shaped them. That struggle is especially vital in South Africa where the Rhodes Must Fall and Fees Must Fall movements have catalysed decolonial activism and discourse against the legacy of apartheid in higher education. This collection asks what epistemic justice might look like in teaching, learning and research across multiple academic disciplines. Each author writes from first-hand experience of teaching at the University of Cape Town, an institution that was and remains a key site of complicity with and resistance against settler colonialism, apartheid, and their ongoing oppressions. The contributors trace power relations that are embedded in various teaching and learning spaces at UCT, asking critical questions about the kinds of subjects and objects of knowledge that are produced by their disciplines. Further, they explore new ideas, texts, and intellectual and pedagogical practices that can help academics interrogate, challenge and transform the dominant power relations in the South African academy. Collectively, these chapters work to imagine new subjects of knowledge in the postcolonial university through an ethic of epistemic justice. At a time when debates on decolonisation have gained urgency in academic, civic and public spaces, this interdisciplinary collection serves as a valuable archive documenting and reflecting on a turbulent period in South African higher education. It is an important resource for academics looking to grasp debates on decoloniality both in South Africa, and in university and teaching spaces further afield. Calling for concerted and collaborative work towards greater epistemic justice across diverse disciplines, the book puts forward a new vision of the postcolonial university as one that enables excellent teaching and learning, undertaken in a spirit of critical consciousness and reciprocity. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Amrita Pande , Ruchi Chaturvedi , Shari Daya , Amrita PandePublisher: Wits University Press Imprint: Wits University Press ISBN: 9781776147847ISBN 10: 1776147847 Pages: 264 Publication Date: 01 August 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsIntroduction Epistemic Justice and the University of Cape Town: Thinking Across Disciplines – Ruchi Chaturvedi, Shari Daya and Amrita Pande Part I: Aesthetics, Politics and Languages Chapter 1 Ukuhamba Ukubona/Travelling to Know: Mobility as Counter-Curriculum Across Africa – Nomusa Makhubu Chapter 2 Publics, Politics, Place and Pedagogy in Urban Studies – Rike Sitas Chapter 3 Imagining Southern Cities: Reflections on an Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Space – Shari Daya and Rike Sitas Chapter 4 Invoking Names: Finding Black Women’s Lost Narratives in the Classroom – Athambile Masola Part II: Justice, Curriculum and the Classroom Chapter 5 Decolonising Psychology in Africa: The Curriculum as Weapon – Shose Kessi and Hal Cooper Chapter 6 The Shards Haven’t Settled: Contesting Hierarchies of (Teaching) History – Koni Benson and Kerusha Govender Chapter 7 Heavy-handed Policing: Teaching Law and Practice to LLB Students in South Africa – Jameelah Omar Part III: Contested Histories and Ethical Spaces Chapter 8 African Studies at UCT: An Interview with Lungisile Ntsebeza – Sepideh Azari Chapter 9 The African Gender Institute: A Journey of Place-making – Kealeboga Mase Ramaru Chapter 10 The Ethic of Reconciliation and a New Curriculum – Ari Sitas Afterword – Amrita Pande, Ruchi Chaturvedi, Shari DayaReviewsAuthor InformationAmrita Pande is Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Cape Town. Ruchi Chaturvedi is a political and legal anthropologist. She is a senior lecturer in the Sociology Department, University of Cape Town. Shari Daya is a senior lecturer in Human Geography in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town. Sepideh Azari is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. Koni Benson is a senior lecturer in the Department of History at the University of the Western Cape. Hal Cooper works in the education and development non-profit sector focusing on vocational training for youth and adult education in South Africa. Kerusha Govender is a tutor in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town. Shose Kessi is a professor in the Department of Psychology and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town. Nomusa Makhubu is an associate professor of Art History and Visual Culture and Deputy Dean of Transformation, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town. Athambile Masola is a lecturer in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town. Lungisile Ntsebeza is an emeritus professor and the holder of the A.C. Jordan Chair in African Studies at the University of Cape Town. He also holds the National Research Foundation (NRF) Research Chair in Land Reform and Democracy in South Africa. Jameelah Omar is a senior lecturer in the Department of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. Kealeboga Ramaru is a feminist organiser based in Cape Town and the Democracy and Social Justice Programme Manager at Heinrich Boëll Foundation, Southern Africa. Ari Sitas is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. Rike Sitas is an urban researcher and creative practitioner based in the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town. 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