Shifting from Development to Empowerment Through Eco-Creative Knowledge Transmission

McConnachie, Boudina E; Porri, Francesca; Wynberg, Rachel

Title: Shifting from Development to Empowerment Through Eco-Creative Knowledge Transmission
Creator: McConnachie, Boudina E
Creator: Porri, Francesca
Creator: Wynberg, Rachel
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2025
Date: 2025
Type: text
Type: book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/480246
Identifier: vital:78410
Identifier: ISBN 9781003289838
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003289838
Description: Conventional definitions of development can be linked to socio-economic and cultural impositions of the Global North on developing societies. These development frameworks were inherited from the colonial system, which devalued local ways of knowing, being, and developing and continues to do so. Through a transdisciplinary or Boundary Crossing environmental case study that interrogates the use of heritage skills and knowledge for nature-based solutions relating to coastal shore regeneration, this chapter reflects on experiences of knowledge co-creation in the rural Eastern Cape Province setting of South Africa. Through the lens of African Musical Arts, which includes song and dance, storytelling, heritage skills, soundscapes, and more, this research seeks to shift the project perceptions of the scientists, engaged scholars, pracademics, practitioners and community researchers involved, from simple to multi-dimensional viewpoints. Using Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCEs) as catalysts, our goal is to emancipate transmission of knowledge from a developmental to an empowerment framework. Using the diverse disciplinary backgrounds of the authors, this chapter allows for a holistic examination of the development of an Audio Postcards exhibition, while interrogating the project centred on African theories, ecologies, and knowledge development.
Format: 16 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Language: English
Relation: McConnachie, B., Porri, F. and Wynberg, R., 2025. Shifting from Development to Empowerment Through Eco-Creative Knowledge Transmission. In Routledge Handbook of Arts and Global Development (pp. 477-492). Routledge
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