Disrupting the epistemic empire is necessary for a decolonial ecology

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dc.contributor.authorMabele, Mathew Bukhi
dc.contributor.authorKiwango, Wilhelm Andrew
dc.contributor.authorMwanyoka, Iddi
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-09T10:13:38Z
dc.date.available2024-09-09T10:13:38Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.descriptionAbstract. Full text available at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02105-w
dc.description.abstractGuedes et al.1 argue that eponyms in biological nomenclature represent epistemic injustices that perpetuate the negative legacies of imperialism and colonialism in the fields of taxonomy, ecology and conservation science. We believe that their argument and proposal underscore the ongoing discussion on the need to decolonize ecology and conservation science, as Western science and expertise continue to be privileged over others2,3,4,5. This privilege is built on an epistemological and ontological failure to recognize “the different ways through which diverse people across the human globe make sense and provide meaning to their existence”6. Guedes and colleagues’ argument suggests that eponyms are part of the epistemic empire, which is bound to be biased against non-Western knowledge systems.
dc.identifier.citationMabele, M. B., Kiwango, W. A., & Mwanyoka, I. (2023). Disrupting the epistemic empire is necessary for a decolonial ecology. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7(8), 1163-1163.
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41559-023-02105-w
dc.identifier.otherURL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02105-w
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.udom.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12661/4940
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartofNature Ecology & Evolution
dc.subjectEponyms
dc.subjectBiological nomenclature
dc.subjectEpistemic injustices
dc.subjectImperialism
dc.subjectColonialism
dc.subjectTaxonomy
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectConservation science
dc.subjectDecolonization
dc.subjectWestern science
dc.subjectEpistemological privilege
dc.subjectOntological privilege
dc.subjectNon-Western knowledge systems
dc.subjectEpistemic empire.
dc.titleDisrupting the epistemic empire is necessary for a decolonial ecology
dc.typeArticle
oaire.citation.issue8
oaire.citation.volume7
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