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Building bridges across knowledge systems: Ubuntu and participative research paradigms in Bantu communities.

This paper discusses how Ubuntu as a philosophy and a methodology was used among Bantu in South Africa together with participative Western paradigms in evaluating an educational computer game. The paper argues that research among Bantu has to articulate research experiences within Ubuntu paradigms i...

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Published in:Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 413 - 427
Main Author: Muwanga-Zake, J.W.F.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2009
Subjects:
Ubuntu (Philosophy)
Bantu-speaking peoples
Philosophy of education
Paradigm (Theory of knowledge)
Educational games
Video games
Teaching methods
South Africa
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This paper discusses how Ubuntu as a philosophy and a methodology was used among Bantu in South Africa together with participative Western paradigms in evaluating an educational computer game. The paper argues that research among Bantu has to articulate research experiences within Ubuntu paradigms if valid outcomes are to be realised.