Decolonising knowledge and KM

There has been a profound Global North bias in the global research knowledge base, including in regard to knowledge management (KM), with most research having been produced in Europe and North America. KM practice also has its foundations firmly in the Global North, in particular Europe and North America. This has prompted advocacy for the decolonization of knowledge and KM. While some progress being made in the decolonization of knowledge, the widespread belief that KM concepts and approaches developed in the Global North are globally universal unfortunately continues to persist.

See also:

• Open access to scholarly knowledge in the digital era (section 1): Colonial influences
• The case for indigenous knowledge systems and knowledge sovereignty
• Cultural awareness in KM
• KM in international development
• KM experts in Africa.

Header image: World scaled by number of documents in Web of Science by authors living there, 2011. Source: Juan Pablo Alperin.