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Action Research vii, 35–37, 42–44, 46, 48–50, 53–58, 61–64, 89
Africa 8–10, 13, 121, 129, 137, 150, 157
agency 2, 5, 17, 20, 68, 77, 80, 83–84, 92, 96, 111, 116–117, 122, 210, 212–213, 215, 217, 223–224
apartheid 9, 105, 115, 122, 125
aspirations 9–11, 93, 115, 123, 125, 138, 153–154, 199–200, 234
capabilities 6, 12–13, 15–18, 20–22, 76–77, 80–81, 83–87, 91–95, 97, 109–126, 128, 138, 140, 143, 150, 153–154, 158, 160, 167, 172–173, 175–177, 179, 182, 185–186, 188, 192, 197–201, 205–209, 212–215, 217–218, 221–223, 225–226, 229–231, 233–236. See also epistemic capabilities; See also human recognition; See also Ubuntu; See also insurgent capabilities; See also latent capabilities; See also valued capabilities
Capabilities Approach vii, 4, 6, 13, 16–18, 20–21, 68, 76–78, 80–81, 83–87, 90–92, 94, 110–111, 131, 172, 189, 192, 199–201, 209, 212–214, 217, 221, 224, 229–230, 235–236
collaborative research process 207, 232
collective decision-making 91, 138. See also decision-making
collective dialogue 143
colonial conversion factors 5, 21, 79–80, 88, 109, 114–115, 117–119, 121–123, 125, 141, 143, 146, 149, 154, 156–158, 167, 172, 177–180, 182–183, 186–190, 198–200, 207
colonialism 2–5, 7–11, 13–14, 17, 20–21, 30–32, 34–36, 42, 51–52, 66–67, 79–80, 83, 88, 92, 109, 114–115, 117–119, 121–123, 125–126, 129, 141, 143, 146, 149, 154, 156–158, 167, 172, 177–190, 198–200, 207
communities 2–5, 8–9, 14–15, 18, 30, 32, 44–45, 50, 52, 60–61, 67, 78, 80, 88–89, 93, 106–107, 120, 125–126, 142, 149–150, 157–158, 163, 165, 174, 176, 180, 184, 192, 196–197, 212, 216, 220
conversion factors 4–5, 21, 78–80, 88, 109, 114–115, 117–119, 121–123, 125, 141, 143, 146, 149–150, 154, 157, 167, 172, 177–180, 182–183, 186–190, 198–200, 207, 212, 221
cosmologies 32, 34, 85, 88, 96, 212
cosmovisions 30, 79, 87–88, 90–91, 117, 197, 199, 208, 211, 213, 217, 223, 230, 233–234
DCR (Democratic Capabilities Research) vii, 4–5, 12–13, 18, 20–23, 76, 90–91, 94–98, 109–112, 114, 117, 121, 124, 127–128, 140, 148, 152, 159, 165, 167, 172–173, 196, 198–199, 201, 203, 205–208, 210, 212–214, 216–226, 230–236
decision-making 17, 60, 80, 91–92, 97, 119, 126, 136–138, 142–143, 153, 160, 162, 167, 207, 210, 213–214, 217, 220–221. See also collective dialogue
decoloniality 6–8, 10–14, 16, 19–20, 23, 31, 33–36, 42, 44–45, 52–53, 63, 67–69, 76–77, 79–92, 95, 123, 206, 209, 211, 217, 230, 236
decolonisation 7, 10, 13–14, 19, 37, 49, 52–53, 63, 233
democracy 4, 6, 10, 16–17, 20, 35, 43, 46, 48, 52, 64, 66, 76, 78, 83–88, 90–94, 96–97, 105, 107, 115, 206–207, 213–215, 217, 235
democratisation of knowledge 4, 6, 14, 31, 37, 45, 49, 68, 92, 213, 226, 233
ecology of knowledges 14, 16, 20, 22, 34, 84–85, 87–88, 92–93, 96, 136–137, 141, 149, 152, 159–160, 167, 207, 215–217, 224–226, 233, 235
engagement 7, 17, 50, 76, 90, 220, 236
epistemic 5, 12, 17, 20–21, 23, 31–34, 36–37, 76, 78, 82, 84, 86, 91–92, 95–96, 109, 112–115, 118–123, 127, 129, 137, 141–142, 144–146, 148–154, 157, 159, 176–177, 184–186, 188, 198, 209, 211–213, 215–217, 226, 232, 236
epistemic access 137, 154, 160, 209–210, 224
epistemic capabilities 118–122, 137, 141–142, 144–46, 148, 150–151, 153–154, 159, 185–186, 194, 198, 220. See also capabilities
epistemic contributors 118, 151, 209–211
epistemic exploitation 119, 177
epistemic freedoms 5, 95, 121, 146, 149–150, 154, 209–210, 213
epistemic injustice 17, 80, 146, 149, 157, 209, 215
epistemic system 5, 12, 17, 32–34, 48, 68, 76, 82, 115, 141, 147, 152–154, 159, 184–185, 210–211, 232. See also Western epistemic system
epistemologies of ignorance 148
Eurocentrism 7–8, 13, 17–18, 31–32, 53, 66, 77, 81, 90, 121, 184, 200, 210, 234
facilitators 13, 16, 21–22, 95–98, 109, 111, 128, 131, 136, 138, 142, 148, 154, 172, 182, 199–201, 206–208, 214, 218–223, 225, 233
freedom 21, 77, 109, 115, 118–122, 124, 126–128, 142, 176, 180, 186, 190, 197, 213
freedoms 1, 4–5, 9, 17, 20, 22, 77–79, 81, 84, 86–88, 91, 94–95, 107, 109, 114–115, 119–122, 125, 127, 146, 149–150, 154, 160, 165, 167, 172, 179, 186–187, 192–193, 197, 200–201, 207–210, 213, 220
functionings 5, 77, 94, 97, 143, 151, 158, 160, 172–173, 176–177, 179–180, 182–183, 186, 194, 197, 200–201, 208, 220, 222, 230
gender 2, 10, 19, 22, 51, 75, 78, 123, 140, 144–148, 151, 157–158, 160–161, 165–166, 173, 177, 183, 186, 189–190, 192, 195, 203–205
Global North 7, 11, 18, 21, 31, 34–35, 78, 80, 123, 157, 191, 208, 211, 213, 234–235
Global South 3–9, 11, 16, 19, 21, 29–31, 33, 35, 78, 80, 83, 87–88, 92, 109, 115–116, 118, 131, 191, 207–208, 210–211, 213, 217, 223, 233
hegemonic 9–10, 20, 30, 32, 34, 36, 50–51, 67–69, 87, 96, 115
higher education 4–11, 14, 19, 22–23, 30–31, 33–35, 58–59, 92, 115, 117–119, 121, 148, 154, 174, 180, 182–184, 186, 207, 214, 217–218, 229, 231, 233–236
human development 19–21, 76–78, 80, 85, 88, 109, 219, 229
human dignity 1–2, 125, 146, 220
human flourishing 85
human recognition 112–114, 120, 123–124, 127, 143, 150–151, 156, 158, 165, 176–177, 180, 186, 188–189, 192, 198, 200, 209, 220. See also capabilities
Indigenous 3, 7–8, 12, 32–33, 41–43, 45–46, 51–53, 62–63, 67, 78, 89, 96, 225
inequalities 10, 13, 31, 83, 88, 94, 105, 108, 123, 129, 137, 140, 144, 147–148, 151, 158, 160, 162, 165, 178, 195, 211, 215, 221, 224
insurgent capabilities 5, 109, 115–119, 123, 125, 131, 140, 150, 154, 175, 178, 188, 197–201, 207–209, 213, 220, 223. See also capabilities
knowledge 1–6, 8–12, 14–17, 20, 22–23, 30–34, 37, 62, 68, 78, 82, 84, 87, 91–94, 96, 98, 118, 120–122, 129, 137, 139, 141, 146–149, 152–153, 158–161, 167, 181–186, 194–196, 198, 200, 209–213, 215–217, 219–221, 224, 226, 230–235. See also democratisation of knowledge
knowledge production 3–6, 11–12, 15, 17, 20, 23, 34, 78, 88, 92–93, 96, 152–153, 166, 207, 210, 215, 217, 224, 226, 231–232
latent capabilities 230. See also capabilities
learning processes 12, 54, 60, 138, 159
marginalisation 2, 10, 17, 33, 53, 78, 96, 115, 117–119, 122–123, 126, 149, 151–154, 159, 175, 177, 180, 184, 210, 217, 219, 223–224, 233
methodologies 3, 14–15, 42, 47, 50, 53, 58, 61, 63, 88–89, 95, 141, 147, 184, 194, 213, 216, 232
methods 8, 14–15, 42, 52, 55, 58, 66, 88–89, 213
onto-epistemological 31, 83, 87
ontological 3, 16, 31–32, 52, 84, 92, 121–122, 141, 207, 212–213, 233
paradigm 30, 36, 52, 61, 147, 232
participants 21, 47–48, 50, 55, 60, 63, 67, 93–94, 96–97, 109–112, 116–118, 129, 131, 142–143, 155, 158–160, 167, 172–173, 184, 199–201, 206, 210, 213–215, 218–222, 225, 231
participation 20, 36, 78, 86, 91–93, 124, 127, 129, 146, 155, 158, 178–179, 192, 209–211, 216, 220, 222, 226, 230
participatory 6, 13–15, 17, 20–23, 35–36, 68, 76, 81, 84, 88, 90–95, 109–112, 114, 116–117, 160, 172–173, 198–201, 205–209, 212–214, 217–219, 223–224, 230–232, 234, 236
participatory approaches 6, 14–15, 19, 35–37, 41, 43, 45–46, 49, 51, 61, 64–66, 68, 81, 84, 88–89, 91, 93–95, 206, 208, 212–214, 217, 230–231, 235
plurality 4, 6, 11, 18, 35, 138, 234
pluri-verse 34, 82–83, 86–87. See also uni-verse
post-colonial 2–5, 9–11, 13, 30–31, 42, 51–52, 143, 154, 157
power 3, 5, 14, 22, 30, 41, 48, 56, 75, 83, 93, 98, 105, 107, 124, 129, 139–140, 144, 147, 155–156, 158, 160–162, 165–166, 172, 190, 192, 199–200, 213, 220–221, 235
power inequalities 22, 147, 158, 160, 162, 221
prospective 21, 78, 80, 109–110, 112, 114, 116, 128, 206–208, 214, 219
public scrutiny 10, 84, 88, 93, 215
racism 29, 41, 123, 140, 144, 146–149, 151, 158, 160–162, 165, 171, 174–175, 191, 203
rationality 12, 32, 67, 83–84, 111, 225, 232
reason to value 20, 22, 77, 81, 83, 87–88, 91, 94–95, 111, 116, 126, 160, 165, 199–201, 206–208, 231
research 6, 11–12, 14–15, 17, 22–23, 33, 35, 37, 76, 78, 81, 90–98, 138, 140–141, 143–144, 147–153, 158–159, 161, 180, 185–186, 194, 196, 205, 207, 210–214, 216–220, 224–226, 229–236
scientific knowledge 1, 3, 12, 16, 137, 152, 225, 231
self-determination 112
social justice 4, 6, 12, 14, 16–18, 20, 23, 31, 33, 35, 37, 61–63, 67, 80, 88, 124, 139, 166, 205–209, 211, 213, 225, 233
South Africa 1, 6–11, 14, 18–19, 21–23, 29, 109, 114–115, 119–120, 122, 125, 135, 149–150, 157, 164, 173, 175, 187–189, 197–198, 205, 207–208, 210, 213, 218–219, 225, 229, 233
Southern perspectives 11, 17–18, 20–21, 23, 34–35, 68, 76, 79, 89, 91, 109, 111, 128, 173, 200–201, 205, 208–209, 213, 215, 225, 229–230, 232
student experiences 157
system of domination 14, 30–32, 34–35, 68
system of oppression 3–5, 16–17, 33, 80, 88, 106, 109, 116, 125–127, 144, 146, 149, 154, 157, 198, 219
transformation 6, 9, 29, 55, 105, 233
Ubuntu 21, 52, 109, 112–114, 119, 121–127, 130–131, 137, 176, 180, 186, 188, 192–193, 197–199, 208, 218, 223–224, 226, 233–234. See also capabilities
undergraduate students 6, 13, 18, 114, 118–119, 135–136, 141, 159, 166, 173, 175, 195, 197, 208, 210–211, 216–217
unfreedoms 4, 77–78, 87, 116, 220–221
universal 3, 21, 23, 31–34, 76, 81, 83, 87, 109, 111, 117, 123, 127, 201, 207, 230, 234
uni-verse 34. See also pluri-verse
universities 1–3, 5–6, 8–11, 19, 29, 33–34, 41, 55, 59, 77–78, 105, 107–108, 125, 137, 140–141, 143–145, 147–149, 151–152, 154, 159, 165, 173–174, 178–179, 183–184, 187, 204, 210–211, 216, 219, 233
University of the Free State vii, 29, 105, 107, 136, 144–145, 149, 163, 166, 216
valued capabilities 21–22, 97, 109, 112, 114–116, 125, 127–128, 131, 136, 138, 153, 167, 172, 188, 205–206, 208, 218, 223, 225, 230, 233. See also capabilities
voiceless 16–17, 20, 45, 93, 96, 171, 203, 208–209, 211, 217
well-being 4, 77–78, 80, 83, 85, 125, 197, 209, 231
Western 20–21, 30–34, 36, 76, 84, 86–87, 90, 92, 109, 111, 117, 120, 129, 154, 157, 207
Western epistemic system 5, 33–34. See also epistemic system
Western power 30
workshop 14, 22, 136–139, 141–144, 146–148, 150–151, 153, 155–156, 158, 160–163, 165–167, 178, 195, 215