Epistemology Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Decolonial epistemology === {{Main|Decolonization of knowledge}} Epistemicide<ref name="Santos2015"/> is a term used in decolonisation studies that describes the killing of knowledge systems under systemic oppression such as colonisation and slavery. The term was coined by [[Boaventura de Sousa Santos]], who presented the significance of such physical violence creating the centering of Western knowledge in the current world.<ref name="Bennett2007"/> This term challenges the thought of what is seen as knowledge in academia today. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page