Moungbakou: Production des Connaissances en Scienc (eBook)

Enjeux et De¥fis

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
192 Seiten
Spears Media Press (Verlag)
978-1-942876-91-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book addresses the epistemological, ethical and methodological challenges faced by African scholars in their research practices. The epistemological domain addresses three interrelated topics: how African university studentsí ethnocentric choice of research topics hampers the production of knowledge; researchersí adaptation of their research methods to improve validity; and the challenge of knowledge production on community museums plagued by gross inertia, irregularities, uncooperative gatekeepers and inadequate funding. The methodological domain foregrounds issues around scientific rigour, the criteria for what counts as quality research, and reporting standards. Contributors contend that the use of mixed methods provides the best scope for the effective study and evaluation of social issues. They also detail how better-funded projects tend to improve the respect of ethical standards especially as they pertain to the protection of subjectsí confidentiality. Self-financed researchers on the other hand tend to be less compliant, a challenge that afflict especially younger and inexperienced researchers. This volume thus contributes not only to a critical understanding of the challenges faced by social scientists in contemporary Africa, but also the prospects and mechanisms on how to improve knowledge production processes.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.4.2023
• Darsteller: Ibrahim Bienvenu Mouliom Moungbakou, Robert Nanche Billa
• Verlagsort: Cameroon
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
• ISBN-10: 1-942876-91-2 / 1942876912
• ISBN-13: 978-1-942876-91-5 / 9781942876915