Talk:Decolonization of knowledge

First Nations and Native American approaches to decolonization of knowledge

For the past number of years I've been involved in researching decolonization and indigenous epistemologies. There's entire bodies of writing on the topic, yet when I read this article, it literally feels foreign, as if we're talking about totally different things. Should I just make a new section, or do I need to do a whole different article? Muskwatch (talk) 02:30, 3 August 2022 (UTC)

@Muskwatch: As I understand, a standalone article on indigenous knowledges in terms of Decoloniality will fail to meet notability guidelines. Instead, you can develop the section on indigenous knowledge of this article. We have to keep in mind that decolonization of knowledge has many different aspects. One of these aspects is the protection, preservation, and revival of Indigenous knowledge systems. As the author of, and the sole content contributor to the page (to this very day), I know the article still has rather many shortcomings. Content wise, it has not benefited from the contributions of others (Other than in minor ways; talk page suggestions were very helpful though), and yet to receive attention from subject matter specialists. I have "officially" retired from the project rather several times and came back from different IPs (the IPs on this page on 22 June, and 10 January, 2022 were not me) whenever I found something to contribute to this article and to many other articles which I have created, and which of course falls within my interests. So I would invite you to contribute to this article, as it is definitely in need of a subject matter specialist in certain areas, including of course the area of indigenous knowledges. You may even make some other suggestions for future developments. I solely logged in to respond to your message. Let's see if I can find anything else to do. Thank you. Mosesheron (talk) 18:32, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Here is the section on indigenous knowledge I was referring to. It is genuinely in need of in depth coverage of indigenous knowledge traditions, as they relate to the decolonial project. Thanks. Mosesheron (talk) 18:44, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

@Re-Muskwatch, this deletion discussion of a page on indigenous ways of knowing might be relevant for our present purpose as well. You can take a look at it, if you haven't already. That page was eventually deleted on the ground that it was essentially a synthesis. I believe extreme care must be exercised in order to avoid oversimplified juxtaposition of indigenous knowledge traditions with Western intellectual tradition, even though there might be some sources that do so. Mosesheron (talk) 23:08, 8 August 2022 (UTC)

Hello, both options are possible I believe : create a standalone article, and complete this one.

Here is a source : Decolonizing Native Histories Collaboration, Knowledge, and Language in the Americas https://www.dukeupress.edu/decolonizing-native-histories ::See also Indigenous decolonization. KInd regards--JMGuyon (talk) 10:51, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

@JMGuyon: Thank you for your input. I had forgotten about the article on indigenous decolonization, despite having read it before. We can start with an excerpt from that page. I will also look into the source you provided. Mosesheron (talk) 11:13, 9 August 2022 (UTC)

I have added an excerpt from Indigenous decolonization to the page, which is very relevant to the knowledge decolonization project. I don't have anything to add to the article at the moment. Hope you people will find other ways of improving the article. All the best. Mosesheron (talk) 12:11, 9 August 2022 (UTC)