Maja van der Velden writes:
“Cognitive justice is based on the principle that all knowledges should co-exist in a dialogic relationship to each other. Cognitive justice was suggested by Shiv Visvanathan as a response to the negative impact of Western science on “developing” countries. Visvanathan argues that development needs to be replaced by a process of cultivating justice. This can only come forth out of a dialogue between global/scientific knowledge and local/indigenous knowledge, not by the domination of one at the expense of the other.”
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I’m actully going to use that in my class. It’s close to the basic principle of why I do what I do: cultural democracy. It’s my first lesson.
http://www.wwcd.org/
Also give this article “Manifesto for a People’s Theater” by Doug Patterson. It’s totally naive, but I like this part:
“The 20th Century has exposed the political importance of culture. To sing one’s own songs, to read one’s own language are as important as boundaries and trade, for it is in these forms that a people’s vitality is felt most profoundly, most communally. Among oppressed, disempowered, and colonialized people the question of cultural expression has taken on a vital importance . . .Cultural consciousness, therefore, has become a key to political consciousness and cultural expression has become to high water mark in the people’s revolution.”
I like using “knowledge” to bolster “culture” here. Knowledge implies an essential EXCHANGE, and sort of cuts through the bars of identity politics.
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