TRANSFORMANDO A GEOGRAFIA HUMANA
Transforming Human Geography: Embracing Afrocentricity
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https://doi.org/10.62516/terra_livre.2025.3854Keywords:
Geografia humana, afrocentricidade, saber africano, transformação, quadro metodológico.Abstract
Re-examining what constitutes valid knowledge and how knowledge is produced and used are major focus areas in relation to the transformation agenda in higher education. This article critically examines these aspects in relation to the discipline of geography with a special focus on human geography which is substantially influenced by the humanities and social sciences. It specifically uses Afrocentricity as a methodological and conceptual framework to inform the transformation of human geography and provide insight into how to centralise African experiences and contexts in human geography teaching and research. The article has two main sections. The first section undertakes a critical reconsideration of human geography in the transformation context. The next section specifically examines the role of geographical research in advancing African scholarship. The article concludes that Afrocentricity provides a useful framework to critique accepted and widely used geographical categories and concepts; thereby rethinking what geographers do and the implications thereof, from a Africancentred perspective.
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