Historically white universities and the white gaze : critical reflections on the decolonisation of the LLB curriculum

dc.contributor.authorLetsoalo, Mankhuwe Caroline
dc.contributor.authorPero, Zenia
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T07:06:30Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T07:06:30Z
dc.date.issued2020-11
dc.description.abstractThe (most recent) call for curriculum decolonisation came at the height of student protests such as #feesmustfall and #afrikaansmustfall. In the University of Pretoria’s Curriculum Transformation Framework document, the University identified four drivers of curriculum transformation, namely, responsiveness to social context; epistemological diversity; renewal of pedagogy and classroom practices; and an institutional culture of openness and critical reflection. The content of these drivers mirror what is needed to engage in decolonisation of curricula. In the spirit of these protests that led to the conceptualisation of decolonised higher education, the authors of this article critically reflect on the institutional landscape of historically white universities. The authors employ the term ‘white gaze’ to highlight how historically white universities respond to calls for decolonisation, often substituting this call with transformation. The purpose of this article is to re-contextualise the need for decolonisation at historically white universities.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPublic Lawen_ZA
dc.description.librarianhj2021en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.up.ac.za/pretoria-student-law-review-pslren_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLetsoalo, M.C and Pero, Z. 2020, 'Historically white universities and the white gaze: critical reflections on the decolonisation of the LLB curriculum', Pretoria Student Law Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1-11.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1998-0280
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/81675
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoriaen_ZA
dc.rights© University of Pretoria 2021. All rights reserved.en_ZA
dc.subjectCurriculum decolonisationen_ZA
dc.subjectStudent protestsen_ZA
dc.subjectHigher educationen_ZA
dc.subjectUniversity of Pretoria (UP)en_ZA
dc.titleHistorically white universities and the white gaze : critical reflections on the decolonisation of the LLB curriculumen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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