Crossing Research Boundaries ‘Our Nankani Daughter’ in Academia
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Identities, Nankani, Africa, Research, Boundaries, Culture
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Western education has the tendency of blurring specific or individual socio-cultural identities in the name of knowledge and civilization, creating in the process cross-cultural or multicultural identities. Although the extent of this impact is debatable, the art and craft of research, the hub of Western education, takes a toll on who we are, as non-Western scholars. Our identity, as beings of defined locations and creativity, is drawn into a sharp negotiation process. ‘Crossing research boundaries’ examines some of the problems of academic research and its impact on African researchers and their religiocultural identities from a female perspective.
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