A Promising Start and Frustrating End: The Rise and Fall of the Economic History Department, University of Zimbabwe

Q1 Arts and Humanities
Ushehwedu Kufakurinani
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Abstract The paper explores the internal dynamics of knowledge production at the University of Zimbabwe. I introduce the term epistuicide to refer to situations where a people destroy their own knowledge systems. I use this term in contrast to what have been called epistimicides—that is, the killing of a peoples’ knowledge systems by another. In this paper, I demonstrate how the history of the Economic History Department is a classic case of epistuicide, as a flipside to epistimicides. It is a history of not only unrecognized effort but also of how internal dynamics and systems derail rather than promote knowledge production. From its inception, the Department of Economic History faced onslaughts which heightened in the new millennium. Admittedly, there are pockets of successes to record, such as the expansion of the teaching of the discipline to secondary schools and growing recognition of economic historians locally.
充满希望的开始和令人沮丧的结局:津巴布韦大学经济史系的兴衰
摘要本文探讨了津巴布韦大学知识生产的内在动力。我介绍了“书信自杀”一词,指的是一个民族破坏自己的知识体系的情况。我使用这个术语是为了与所谓的书信谋杀形成对比,也就是说,一个民族的知识体系被另一个民族所扼杀。在本文中,我展示了经济史系的历史是如何成为一个典型的书信谋杀案,作为书信谋杀案的反面。这不仅是一部未被承认的努力的历史,也是一部内部动力和系统如何破坏而不是促进知识生产的历史。经济史系从成立之初就面临着在新千年更加激烈的冲击。诚然,也有一些成功的记录,比如将该学科的教学扩展到中学,以及当地对经济历史学家的认可度不断提高。
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History in Africa
History in Africa Arts and Humanities-History
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