![]() ![]() How do assumptions about power affect what we select as problems for research who pays for this research and what purposes does the research serve? A critique of research practice might take on the neo liberal globalisation agenda in higher education, institutional reliance on private money and an over eagerness to put knowledge at the service of the highest bidder.Ģ. When it comes to academic research decolonisation takes a number of forms, some mainstream, some more contentious. Decolonisation then offers a powerful metaphor for those wanting to critique positions of power and dominant culture. Decolonisation itself refers to the undoing of colonial rule over subordinate countries but has taken on a wider meaning as the ‘freeing of minds from colonial ideology’ in particular by addressing the ingrained idea that to be colonised was to be inferior. ![]()
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