Seminar

African Philosophy and knowledge diversity in international development

This WASS CPT seminar focuses on indigenous African knowledge systems and Western scientific knowledge systems. International development tends to be dominated by Western scientific knowledge, while the importance of indigenous knowledge systems is increasingly acknowledged. The seminar therefore discusses possible relations, tensions and co-creation between indigenous African knowledge systems and Western knowledge systems.

Organised by	Philosophy, Knowledge Technology and Innovation
Date	Mon 15 April 2019 13:30 to 17:00
Venue	Leeuwenborch, building number 201
Room	C64

The seminar is open for students and colleagues from Wageningen University. WASS PhD students are especially invited to join the panel discussion. WASS PhD students are expected to read literature and prepare questions in advance.

All participants are requested to register in advance by sending an email to wass@wur.nl

Program seminar

13.30
Birgit Boogaard and Leon Pijnenburg: Word of welcome and introduction

13.45
Pius Mosima: African Philosophy and International Development: The case for an intercultural/inclusive approach to sustainable development

14.30
Wilfred Lajul: Management of the African Knowledge System and the Future of Africa in the World

15.00
Break

15.30
David Ludwig: Towards a Political Epistemology of International Development

16.00
Panel discussion with WASS PhD students

16.45
Closing

Seminar readings

Mosima, Pius (2016) "Introduction: African philosophy". In: Philosophic sagacity and intercultural philosophy. Beyond Henry Odera Oruka, p1-22
Mosima, Pius (2018) "Philosophy of Wellbeing in African Intellectualism: Can it Contribute to the Development of the Continent?" in: African Perspectives on Global Development, (Eds) Mahmoud Masaeli, Sanni Yaya and Rico Sneller, Cambridge Scholars Publishing \ University of Ottawa Press, p45-74.

Lajul (2014) "Management of the African Knowledge System and the Future of Africa in the World" Philosophia Africana,16:1, 43-57.African Philosophy

Contact drs. LFP (Leon) Pijnenburg

Contact form

Besides Leon Pijnenburg (PHI), this seminar is also organised by David Ludwig (KTI), and Birgit Boogaard (guest lecturer African Philosophy).

Visiting African philosophers

Dr. Pius Mosima teaches Philosophy at the University of Bamenda, Cameroon; Assistant Chief Examiner for Philosophy at the Cameroon General Certificate of Education Board (CGCEB) and Fellow at the African studies Center Leiden, the Netherlands. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. His research interests include African / Intercultural Philosophy; Globalization and Culture, Moral and Political Philosophy. He has several peer-re-viewed articles and book chapters, supervised research, presented papers in many conferences, facilitated many workshops and has given guest lectures in Summer Universities on these topics in many African, European and Asian universities. He is the author of Philosophic Sagacity and Intercultural Philosophy: Beyond Henry Odera Oruka (2016) and editor of A transcontinental career: Essays in honour of Wim van Binsbergen (2018).

Dr. Wilfred Lajul is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Makerere University, Uganda. Some of his publications are: The Role of Man in the Dynamics of History: Reflections on Kant (1994); African Philosophy: Critical Dimensions (2014); Contemporary African Philosophers: A Critical Appraisal (2018); African Metaphysics: Traditional and Modern Discussions (2017); The Right to Food in Northern Uganda: Realities in Conflict Prone Areas (2012; Ethics in Public Administration in Uganda; Where is the Challenge? (2012); African Values in Global Ethics and the Emerging New World Order (2018); Justice and Post LRA War in Northern Uganda: ICC Versus Acholi Traditional Justice System (2017); The Market Economy and its Role in Poverty in Africa: Myths and Realities (2016); Management of the African Knowledge System and the Future of Africa in the World (2014); Impact of African traditional ethics on behavior in Uganda (2011); Global economic philosophy and challenges to African development, (2011).