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Accepted Paper:
Methodological Decolonisation and Local Epistemologies: Practical Insights from the Field
Obaa Akua Konadu-Osei
(Stellenbosch University)
Smaranda Boros
(Vlerick Business School)
Anita Bosch
(Stellenbosch University)
This paper contributes to discussions on methodological decolonisation by illustrating how local epistemologies can shape methodology. We illustrate how methodological decolonisation can be achieved by fusing relevant elements of local epistemologies and conventional methodologies.
Paper long abstract:
The article “methodological decolonisation and local epistemologies in business ethics research” published by the Journal of Business Ethics argued for methodological decolonisation in business ethics research by illustrating how local epistemologies can shape methodology. The paper regarded arguments founded along neatly divided universalist versus contextualised methodologies as a false dilemma, and instead explored how ubuntu, a sub-Saharan African epistemology, contributes as a complementary epistemology and methodology to interpretivism when conducting business ethics research in sub-Saharan Africa. I present my insights and reflections as a researcher about the complexities of the epistemological, methodological, and ethical challenges of the proposed epistemological contingency approach, outlined in Konadu-Osei, Boros, and Bosch, 2022. The presentation highlights opportunities future research.