Spaces of other thought

Shane Edwards

pp. 53-66

in: A.-Chr. Engels-Schwarzpaul, Michael A. Peters (eds), Of other thoughts: non-traditional ways to the doctorate, Rotterdam, SensePublishers, 2013

Abstract

For an Indigenous person, the doctoral experience brings contrasting knowledge systems into relationship. Indigenous people involved in doctoral study will begin a deep relationship with the Academy. The Academy is not neutral; it has a history, a character, an identity. This identity is formed in the image of Europe and is Eurocentric in character and design.