UID:
almahu_9949599072302882
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 284 pages).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781003388395
,
1003388396
,
9781000988109
,
1000988104
,
9781000988079
,
1000988074
Series Statement:
Routledge African Media, Culture and Communication Studies
Content:
The book provides insights on decolonising media and communication studies education from diverse African scholars at different stages of their careers. These academics, located on the continent and in the diaspora, share an interest in decolonising higher education broadly and media and communication studies teaching and learning in particular. Although many African countries gained flag independence from different European colonial powers between the 1950s and the 1970s, this book argues that former colonies remain ensnared in a colonial power matrix. Many African universities did not jettison ways of teaching and learning established during colonialism, and even those journalism, communication, and media studies training programmes which were established after the attainment of flag independence did not place decolonial agendas at the front and centre when setting them up. Starting with big picture thematic questions around decolonisation, the book goes on to consider what the implications of change would be for students and instructors, before reflecting on how far it is possible to decolonise curricula and syllabi and what this might look like in practice across a range of subject areas and country contexts. Overall, this book presents a nuanced picture of what a decolonised media and communication studies education could look like in sub-Saharan Africa. This book is essential for researchers in Africa in disciplines such as media and communication studies, journalism, film studies, cultural studies, and higher education studies. More broadly, the concepts and ideas on decolonising teaching and learning discussed in the book are relevant to instructors in any discipline who are interested in doing the decolonial work of contesting coloniality.
Note:
PART IBig picture considerations: decolonising media and communication studies education in sub-Saharan Africa1 Connecting the dots: decolonising communication and media studies teaching and learning in sub-Saharan AfricaSelina Linda Mudavanhu, Shepherd Mpofu, and Kezia Batisai2 Towards centring African languages in media and communication courses in postsecondary institutions in AfricaCecilia Katunge Kithome and Selina Linda MudavanhuPART IIRethinking classrooms: implications for students, instructors, and instruction3 Decolonising and reimagining instructor-student relationships in a communication and media studies fourth-level seminarSelina Linda Mudavanhu4 De-Westernisation and de-sacralisation as imperatives for the decolonisation of cinema teaching in sub-Saharan AfricaFloribert Patrick C. Endong5 Decolonising from the margins to the centre: Ghanaian communication classrooms in perspectiveIvy M. FofiePART IIIReflections on curricula and syllabi: possibilities and impossibilities6 Reflections on a decolonised communication and media studies curriculumColin Chasi and Ylva Rodny-Gumede7 Towards a decolonised human, university, and curriculum: some critical notesShepherd Mpofu8 'An-Other'-centred film curricula: decolonising film studies in AfricaBeschara Karam9 Decolonising the curricula and the space in Africa: an interdisciplinary approachKezia Batisai10 Should curricula be the same? Towards media studies curriculum reforms in KenyaJohn Ndavula and Peace Byrne Agufana11 Decolonisation deferred? An analysis of the Education 5.0 doctrine, the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education-approved media and communication curriculum and selected writings by Zimbabwean media academicsAlbert Chibuwe and Beauty Muromo12 Proposals for a decolonised course outline for a theories and methods course in communication and media studies Selina Linda Mudavanhu13 Reformatting and decolonising postsecondary educational priorities in South Africa in view of COVID-19Rhoda T. I. Patrick, Nthuna J. Ramohai and Linda Z. LinganisoPART IVBeyond classrooms14 African journalists at crossroads: examining the impact of China, US, and the UK's short-journalism training programmes offered to African journalistsGregory Gondwe15 Ekoaɗo: an African approach to decolonising communication research and practiceBlessed E. Ngoe
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003388395
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003388395
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