Decolonisation of ukrainian pedagogical biography: theoretical contours

- Міхно, Олександр Петрович (orcid.org/0000-0002-5271-9530) (2024) Decolonisation of ukrainian pedagogical biography: theoretical contours Український педагогічний журнал, 1. pp. 104-113. ISSN 2411-1317

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Abstract

The article deals with the problem of decolonisation of Ukrainian humanities and pedagogical biography in particular. It is stated that the existence of a legislative framework and the development of civil society in Ukraine have strengthened the process of decolonisation, which is complex and includes decommunisation, de-Sovietisation and derussification. It is argued that only a democratic country can carry out successful decolonisation through state institutions and civil society. It is noted that the theoretical basis for understanding the concept of decolonisation in the context of humanities is the decolonial works of foreign and Ukrainian authors, which analyse the leading role of culture, language and history in the process of colonisation. It is emphasised that a necessary condition for the success of colonialism was the destruction of the colonised by violence: genocide (physical destruction of the other), epistemicide (destruction of the knowledge system and culture of the other), axiocide (destruction/distortion of the values of the other and an attempt to completely erase any history of genocide and epistemicide from public memory). It has been found that practical decolonisation projects and individual studies are ahead of the theoretical development of the application of the decolonial approach in Ukrainian pedagogical biography. The importance of rethinking the traditional concepts of producing biographical knowledge and creating biographical narratives that were formed in the context of colonial and postcolonial dependence is emphasised. On the basis of the study of decolonial studies by contemporary foreign scholars, the concepts that constitute the essence of the decolonial approach are identified: decolonial pedagogy, decoloniality, epistemological decolonisation, contextualisation, and dialogical historiography. The ideas of practical application of these concepts in Ukrainian pedagogical biography are theoretically substantiated and outlined. A promising direction for further research in the field of pedagogical biography based on the decolonial approach is the consideration of the personalities and heritage of educators of the Soviet period.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	pedagogical biography; pedagogical personality; history of education; decolonisation; decolonial approach.
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 32 Politics Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 37 Education Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 9 Geography. Biography. History > 92 Biographical studies. Genealogy. Heraldry. Flags
Divisions:	V. Sukhomlynskyi State Scientific and Pedagogical Library of Ukraine > Department of Pedagogical Source Studies and Biographistics
Depositing User:	Олександр Міхно
Date Deposited:	15 Apr 2024 13:02
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2024 13:02
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/740292

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