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Appendix for the thesis Acts of Research: Knowledge Production in Contemporary Art between Knowledge Economy and Critical Practice The term ‘knowledge society’ is used to refer to the increasing relevance of non- manual... more
The term ‘knowledge society’ is used to refer to the increasing relevance of non- manual knowledge-producing labour in current post-industrial economies. Contemporary art, especially since 1989, has not been left out of this trend, to the... more
Between the acquisition of the Philippines in 1898 and the approval of an independence bill in 1934, members of Congress extensively discussed the future of the Philippines as an American territory using the ideas and images created by... more
Kurzzusammenfassung Im Zentrum dieser Arbeit steht die Frage, wie die Disziplin der (Sonder-)Pädagogik Wissen zum Gegenstand ADHS produziert und damit eine spezifische Wirklichkeit des Phänomens hervorbringt. Aufgrund der Beobachtung,... more
This is a second part of my essay which was published last summer. This first Bolkhovitinov’s trip to the United States in 1968 changed completely not only his skeptical perception of the “country which killed its best politicians like... more
Whilst North to South knowledge transfer patterns have been extensively problematised by Southern and decolonial perspectives, there is very little reflection on the practice of research capacity development (RCD), still strongly focused... more
Since Hal Foster introduced ‘the ethnographic turn of contemporary art’ in the mid-1990s, the exchange between contemporary art and ethnography has continued to expand. Much of the debate considers the artistic incorporations of... more
This article looks at the heightened role of universities in the global knowledge age. Flows of people, ideas, and also capital in the academic realm continue to multiply, propelling global connectedness and contributing to the reshuling... more
This paper / article presents a brief discussion on contemporary ‘artists citizens’. It will examine the public life, and the political activity in particular (vita activa), of the critical cultural worker in neoliberal capitalist... more
The aim of this paper is to provide an insight into how knowledge about dr. Franjo Tuđman was internationally created, namely the international context in which scientists and experts have produced factual truths about Croatia's First... more
analyses the impact of academic research itself in reconstructing categories used by the governing bodies.
The existing historiography primarily discusses the early Philippine experience of Roman Catholic conversion in terms of (a) conversion’s success or failure, or (b) local resistance against colonial hegemony. This article, meanwhile,... more
This thesis focuses on the role and historical development of strategies of experimental domestication in scientific knowledge production, with a particular focus on the function of the laboratory strains known as 'wild types' in... more
Our project was created as a part of the workshop titled REACTION (MEDS 2013) that was consisted of a series of small urban interventions (ACTIONS) on chosen locations around the Graça neighborhood in Lis-bon. The main idea behind the... more
A produção do conhecimento no ambiente escolar vem sendo alvo de debates que apontam questionamentos e mudanças nos diferentes contextos educacionais. Ao entender o processo de aprendizagem e as práticas escolares, percebemos que... more
In this paper I draw from critical work on the historical, social, political, and economic functions of race to show how Eurocentrism, hegemony and colonialism (reproduce e " legitimate " knowledge and knowers in the Western world.... more
Knowledge products, by definition, enables or facilitates effective action on the part of their users. This article offers simple guidelines for writing knowledge products that can better lead to their intended results.
This unique companion is a much-needed guide for those who are embarking on field research in conflict-affected countries. In a break with academic tradition, the chapters are mainly written in the first person and contain personal... more
These "Interventions" were submitted by participants in the University of Michigan's International Institute Summer Seminar, “Sacred Spaces and Heretical Knowledge: National Universities and Global Publics” (August 2002) in response to... more
Abstract: This paper situates ‘bazaar’ as a site of multifaceted exploration. It is as much an inquiry into a bazaar (‘Janpath’ in New Delhi) as it is into the modes of knowledge about the bazaar. Challenging the representation of the... more
In this chapter I focus on how contemporary art practitioners engage with notions of epistemic disobedience and the production of knowledge, both responding to, and generating theoretical insights for, a corpus of theoretical discourse. I... more
This article is about Grigori Perelman's solution of one of the Millenium problems. Well, at the beginning of the 21st Century, this is may be the firs important event in the field of Mathematics and Science.
The book addresses the broad issue of sustainability of our civilization and seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion of what many see as its systemic crisis. There is a broad agreement that new creative ideas, initiatives, and... more
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the notion of decolonizing interpretive research in ways that respect and integrate the qualitative sensibilities of subaltern voices in the knowledge production of anti-colonial... more
This article explores ethnographic intimacy beyond an identitarian focus on sex, sexual identity, and sex-desire by reflecting on three of my own fieldwork projects in queer anthropology. Bringing queer, decolonizing, postcolonial, and... more
This article is intended to rethink a symbiotic but otherwise inadequately attended relationship between postcolonial studies and Chinese academia at a time when the rise of China evokes epistemic, ontological and empirical challenges for... more
Rodriguez-Tatel, Mary Jane. 2015. Philippine Studies/Araling Pilipino/Pilipinolohiya sa Wikang Filipino: Pagpopook at Pagdadalumat sa Loob ng Kapantasang Pilipino. Humanities Diliman 12, blg. 2, 110-179. Since its inception as an area... more
This study examines the consumers’ purchase intention of two-wheelers in Nepal 2017/18. The independent were product knowledge, perceived quality, perceived value and perceived risk and the dependent variable was the purchase intention.... more
Examining conspiracy theory authors has not been seen as worthy of ethnographic inquiry in anthropology as of yet. This is intriguing, as encountering conspiracy theorists inspires a process of reassessing the critical nature of our own... more
Esta pesquisa parte de um contexto de crescente interesse e intensas mudanças envolvendo questões relacionadas a gênero e sexualidade no Brasil, articulando essas temáticas com a antropologia do conhecimento. Tem como objeto empírico... more
Grounded in my own praxis of how I strive to decolonize my engagement with knowledge production (reading, writing, sensing, and doing) as an independent scholar, and building on Anibal Quijano’s “colonial matrix of power” and Walter... more
Today’s social movements, such as #BlackLivesMatter, #MeToo, and AIDS activism, come from long histories of women of color feminist and radical traditions that challenge white supremacist, masculinist, capitalist, militarized, and... more
Since its inception as an area studies program instituted by the United States after World War II, Philippine Studies in the University of the Philippines has undergone a radical transformation. From being a neo-colonial program designed... more
Presentation held at the 22nd Workshop on the History and Memory of National Socialist Camps and Extermination Sites in Budapest Oct 21, 2017. The title and topic of this year was "Practices of Memory and Knowledge Production”. For... more
This dissertation examines everyday social relations in the settler colonial city of Vancouver. Its contemporary ethnographic focus updates and reworks historical and political analyses that currently comprise the growing body of... more
31st Swahili Colloquium ‘Mtandao’ (‘Network’), University of Bayreuth 11-13 May 2018 Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir is an imam, poet and teacher living on Lamu island in Kenya. On the island and by his community he he is considered a social... more
The theory of museology produced over the past half century to define its own moral interpretation of reality has shown to be marked by paradigms created within colonial structures of power. This paper aims to question whether museology... more