Liberatory theory must be produced and shared orally as well as in writing
Evidence
The truth that natural thinkers talk about is their very evidence of lived life. It is the very life of the people. Such popular knowledge is considered to delivered from God, thought of now as Omniscience. The evidence of life combined with popular knowledge is what gives credibility and confers dignity to the elderly. The teachings of the elders generally take place through proverbs (words of life – wisdom and teachings on morality), which are considered to be entries in a dictionary. The elder is the dictionary of traditional African culture. In the absence of writing, the guarantee of the speculative value of natural thinkers is, therefore, the traditions, myths, rites and habits handed down orally. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 320 (
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This blind and facile call for writing clarity represents a pernicious mechanism used by academic liberals who suffocate discourses different from their own. Such a call often ignores how language is being used to make social inequality invisible. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 29 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Liberatory theory that speaks inclusively transforms readers beyond the academy; Liberatory struggle requires claiming theory as practice, not merely critiquing misuse; Orally delivered theory tends toward superficiality and uncritical habits (+9 more)
Broader Connections
- Professors can espouse liberatory theory while practicing domination in class
#complicates(0.80) - Oral tradition substitutes for writing as the epistemic guarantee of elder wisdom
#complicates(0.75) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 320 - Demands for writing clarity can suffocate critical discourse
#complicates(0.72) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 29 - Liberatory teaching in one classroom can leave students voiceless and alienated elsewhere
#complicates(0.71) — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress, 285