From a University to an Epistemic Shopping Mall: A Post Covid-19 Higher Education Vision

ANIEKE, CHRISTIAN (2020) From a University to an Epistemic Shopping Mall: A Post Covid-19 Higher Education Vision. In: Globethics.net International Online Conference "Building New Bridges Together: Strengthening Ethics in Higher Education after COVID-19", 25 June, 2020, including Pre-Conference 17-24 June, 2020.

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Abstract

Nothing has affected human life and epistemic space since the Second World War as much as the Covid-19 pandemic. Its ripples are everywhere and will continue for some time. Human consciousness has been incredibly jolted to respond to the challenges of this novel situation. The human society must continue to respond to questions connected with the unfolding narrative of this pandemic with new visions and social values that will make the visions realizable. Higher education as the theatre of human epistemic action must become visionary and responsive to a gamut of social visions in order to continue to be relevant in society. I am enthralled by a particular higher education vision which Prof. Amélé Ekue of Globethics mentioned last time during our conference, the idea of a leap from university to pluriversity. In the same line of thought, my new vision of university in this paper is captured by the title: From a University to an Epistemic Shopping Mall: a Post Covid-19 Higher Education Vision. This vision, in contradiction from pluriversity, means that a university will not only continue to celebrate its essential uniqueness but also wear an additional look as a shopping mall for knowledge. The uniqueness of each university will rest on the altar of its local content besides the variety of products from different scholars that are available for sale. In this case, there will be singularity and hybridity, connecting with human epistemic space as well as securing a unique epistemic territory. Such an arrangement will make the values of good social living inevitable and a desideratum.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Divisions: Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Education
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 11 Jul 2020 21:06
Last Modified: 02 Sep 2020 11:14
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2569

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