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Vol. 19 No 2 (2021): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique

2 - Beyond Academic Imperialism in Comparative Studies of the Global South: Methodological Reflections

https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v19i2.2178
Madalitso Zililo Phiri

Corresponding Author(s) : Madalitso Zililo Phiri

madalitsophiri1@gmail.com

Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique, Vol. 19 No 2 (2021): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique

Résumé

Les débats contemporains sur la décolonisation ont poussé les chercheurs en sciences sociales à s’intéresser, à contrecoeur, aux débats négligés sur la race et l’épistémologie. Cet article reformule ces débats à travers des réflexions méthodologiques qui comparent les politiques sociales sud-africaines et brésiliennes en centrant les interpellations de capitalisme racial, de la pauvreté, de l’inégalités et de l’exclusion sociale. Nous avons mené quarante-cinq entretiens approfondis avec des bénéficiaires de programmes d’aide sociale tels que les allocations sociales et la Bolsa Familia, ainsi qu’avec des décideurs politiques en Afrique du Sud et au Brésil. Les deux pays offrent des cas de comparaison car ils partagent des caractéristiques importantes. Comment la production de connaissances en matière de politiques publiques comparées contribue-t-elle à faire avancer les perspectives méthodologiques qui mènent à l’imagination d’une science sociale mondiale plus démocratique ? Pour faire avancer un programme de décolonisation des connaissances, nous proposons une réflexivité méthodologique qui remet en question l’impérialisme académique et souligne l’importance de la pertinence mondiale des questions locales. Nous y parvenons en procédant à l’analyse critique de la tradition positiviste de la sociologie comparative.

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réflexions méthodologiques Afrique du Sud Brésil Impérialisme académique
Phiri, M. Z. (2022). 2 - Beyond Academic Imperialism in Comparative Studies of the Global South: Methodological Reflections. Revue De l’enseignement supérieur En Afrique, 19(2), 27–55. https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v19i2.2178
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Madalitso Zililo Phiri

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Email: madalitsophiri1@gmail.com

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