Decolonising education at Palacký University Olomouc

Jana KŘEČKOVÁ

Bakalářská práce

Abstract:

The main aim of the thesis is to analyse the educational strategy of Palacký University in Olomouc for local and foreign students. For methodology was used data collection from literature, articles and texts of experts in the relevant topic was used in the work. I chose the topic of thesis because of my personal interest in cultural equality and equity. The universities whose influence I focus on in my thesis represent centres for the dissemination of Eurocentric cultural awareness. In the first part, I provide a general description of Eurocentrism, types of epistemic oppression, and then discuss and describe Eurocentric paradigms from the perspectives of science and modernity, philosophy and gender. The second part contains an analytical part where I analyze the educational strategy of Palacký University whether it contains Eurocentric elements. The research shows that while universities are globally multicultural they are not intercultural.

Abstract:

The main aim of the thesis is to analyse the educational strategy of Palacký University in Olomouc for local and foreign students. For methodology was used data collection from literature, articles and texts of experts in the relevant topic was used in the work. I chose the topic of thesis because of my personal interest in cultural equality and equity. The universities whose influence I focus on in my thesis represent centres for the dissemination of Eurocentric cultural awareness. In the first part, I provide a general description of Eurocentrism, types of epistemic oppression, and then discuss and describe Eurocentric paradigms from the perspectives of science and modernity, philosophy and gender. The second part contains an analytical part where I analyze the educational strategy of Palacký University whether it contains Eurocentric elements. The research shows that while universities are globally multicultural they are not intercultural.

Keywords

women rights, human rights, eurocentrism, University of Palacky

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 11. 4. 2024

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedoucí: Mgr. Tomáš Daněk, Ph.D.

UNIVERZITA PALACKÉHO V OLOMOUCI

Přírodovědecká fakulta

Bakalářský studijní program / obor:
Mezinárodní rozvojová a environmentální studia / Mezinárodní rozvojová a environmentální studia