The African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) at the University of Johannesburg invites you to:

Taking Indigenous Knowledges Seriously 

When:              Tuesday 13^th– Wednesday 14^th August 2024

Where:                 11^th Floor Boardroom, UJ on Empire, Johannesburg and https://zoom.us/j/97369538480 

Programme:

Tuesday 13th August

09:00 – 09:20      Welcome

09:20 – 09:35      Introductions (Veli Mitova)

09:40 – 10:35      Jeanine Ntihirageza (Northeastern Illinois University)

Ubuntu, Other-Centeredness, and Othering in The Contexts of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities

10:40 – 11:35      Diane Molokwa (North-West University)     
Bio-Cultural Community Protocol: A Tool to Empower Community Sustainable Development Using Indigenous Knowledge

12:05 – 13:00      Rita Ezugwu (University of Genoa)
Defending Indigenous Territorial Rights

14:05 – 15:00      Nhlanhla Maake (National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences)
Strategies for Establishing a Locus For IKS: Tropism from Sankofa and The Symbolic

15:00 – 15:55      Morgan Ndlovu (University of Johannesburg)
Indigeneity in Colonial and Decolonial Horizons

16:00 – 16:55      Mishack Gumbo (University of South Africa)
Transformation of Education and Indigenous Knowledge: Resilience and Hurdles

Wednesday 14th August

10:00 – 10:05      IKS & Law Panel
Introductions by Cosmo Mapitsa

10:10 – 10:45      Adv Mpya (North-West University)
Taking Ourselves Seriously: Centring African Thought

10:50 – 11:25      Abel Tabalaka (University of Botswana)        
African Traditional Values and Law: An Ubuntu Reflection

11:40 – 12:15      Anthony Diala (University of the Western Cape)         
The Philosophical Values of Indigenous African Laws

12:20 – 12:55      Rose Gabaitse (University of Botswana)        
Ubuntu / Botho and Gender Constructions

12:55 – 13:30      Panel Discussion and Q&A

14:30 – 15:25      Yann Allard-Tremblay (McGill University)
The Grounds of Gratitude and The Dereliction of Justice

15:30 – 16:25      Pablo Quintanilla (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)

Epistemic Intuitions and Linguistic Evidentiality. Why The Study of Non-Western Languages Matters to Philosophy

16:30 – 17:25      Otsile Maditsi (North-West University)
Decolonizing University Community Engagement Using Indigenous Communities of Practice: Praxis for Meaningful Higher Education Institutions

17:30 – 17:55      Open Discussion & Closing

INFO

Poster: here

Funding: National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences

Inquiries: dmp14u@gmail.com

ACEPS: https://www.uj.ac.za/aceps

Organisers: Shené de Rijk, Dimpho Moletsane, Veli Mitova

All are welcome!