New Journal Publication on Knowledge Epistemologies

Andrew's latest publication from the International Journal of Science in Society charts the some of the central tenets of thinking surrounding Indigenous knowledges and the Academy. Titled, Knowledges and Knowing: Indigenous and Alternative Knowledges and the Western Canon, this article suggests that a shift in the way that knowledge is understood and recognised has been occurring in the Western academy in recent years. Marked by significant works from within the academy, such as those by Connell (2008), Denzin and Lincoln (2005), and Kincheloe and Semali (1998), and from a growing acknowledgment of theorists, academics and activists from outside the canon, the understanding of knowledge systems and ways of knowing different to that from the West has gathered momentum. This paper explores recent writing in the engagement of 'indigenous' and 'alternative' knowledge systems in terms of 'border' theory, whilst charting a direction for research methodologies that engage and remain respectful to epistemologies and ways of knowing alternative to those of the Western academy.