Preface – As a student of social work with specialisation ‘Dalit and Tribal Studies and Action’, ‘knowledge’ is very important to me. Definition of the knowledge is very complace and relative. But knowledge is a very important for human being. As a key of success, knowledge is very helpful to humanity. During the time of…
Category: Decolonizing Knowledge
Trying to understand this thing call ‘knowledge’: Rahul P
Knowledge is not only about the information and the facts about the things. There is to be knowledgeable and be informed both are two different kind of things. If you know facts about something that mean you have some information about that thing and you are informed about that that particular thing. It doesn’t mean…
Autonomy and Politics of Brahmin Dominant Languages in Education: Sharad Kodane
In language there is a politics of grammar. Without grammar, there is no space for certain understanding. Language is a politics in itself. The meaning of every word is depends upon their context. Example; region, religion, caste, language. So, we can’t do the translation of language. There is a chance of particulars language dominance. Language…
Critical Analysis & Reflection on what is Knowledge & Ways of Attaining Knowledge: Heman Pagag
Knowledge is a familiarity, awareness, or understanding of someone or something, such as facts, information, descriptions, or skills, which is acquired through experience or education by perceiving, discovering, or learning. Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. It can be implicit or explicit; it can be more or less formal…
What is ‘knowledge’-A Reflection: Bhuvana
Knowledge is ‘knowing’ something through empirical observation, experience and rationalisation. But how do I ‘know’ that I have this knowledge of something? How do I ‘know’ that I ‘know’? How do I even arrive at this above mentioned definition? It is a very intriguing question because without the help of language I can’t make sense…
What is knowledge to me?: Nitin Pagare
The knowledge is gained the day we are born starting from infant stage when we get first step in seeing world, observing surrounding which becomes our experience. Gaining the knowledge is process, nobody can claim oneself to be knowledgeable; it is vast, person because in this technological world continuously updating information. There are ways of…
Knowledge as Power: Asmita Gudadhe
Knowledge is the awareness and understanding of the particular thing. It is a vast phenomenon that is really difficult to define. It has both material as well as cognitive aspects. Often, Information gets mixed with knowledge, which is not true. Information is the understanding and awareness one can get from outside but knowledge go with…
How I Define Knowledge: Bodhi R Chakma
Defining knowledge can be a difficult term to define what knowledge is. It differ from individual to individual. The nurturing of knowledge need sharper and broader sense of understanding in a sense that it try to seek for what and how the knowledge is been captured and produce as output. In everyday usage, knowledge refers…
The Idea of Knowledge in the context of Dalits and Adivasis: Neeraj Bunkar
When we have information about something and those who do not know when they ask us about that thing and we can make them understand about the thing well, according to me it comes into the category of knowledge but it is not the exact form of knowledge as it’s just a piece of information….
Unpacking this Concept we call ‘knowledge’: Sulbha Zende
Knowledge is frequently used word in academics or in general world, it is fundamental to human life to gain knowledge and every person keeps on gaining knowledge throughout the life through various means and tools but the exact meaning of the word knowledge has been perceived differently in different domain. At commonsensical level Knowledge is…
