Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024)
Decolonising Knowledge Production: A Theoretical Framework for Feminist Research Methodologies in Algeria
Abstract
This theoretical article confronts the hegemony of Eurocentric epistemologies in feminist research on Algeria, arguing that such approaches perpetuate epistemic violence by marginalising indigenous knowledge. It aims to develop a decolonial feminist methodological framework, grounded specifically in the Algerian context, to rectify this. The study is situated within critical dialogues in Maghrebi feminist thought and African decolonial scholarship, systematically engaging these literatures to identify a gap in context-specific methodological principles for Algeria. The core argument is that a genuine decolonisation of methodology requires an epistemological shift that deconstructs coloniality in research design, ethics, and interpretation. This shift entails moving beyond superficial inclusion to privileging oral histories, embodied knowledge, and community-based participatory action as valid scholarly praxis. Methodologically, the article employs a critical synthesis, applying rigorous criteria for the selection and analysis of theoretical sources to construct a coherent framework. The significance of this work lies in its structured contribution to intellectual decolonisation within African Studies, offering scholars a critical lens for conducting ethically engaged and epistemologically sovereign feminist research that aligns with Algeria’s social complexities and advances authentically situated knowledge.
Read the Full Article
The HTML galley is loaded below for inline reading and better discovery.
How to Cite
Keywords
Research Snapshot
Desktop reading viewReferences
- Adamo, D.T. (2024). Decolonizing the Psalter in Africa. Postcolonial Perspectives in African Biblical Interpretations. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.11589034.23
- Adesanmi, T.O., Adesuyi, O.P., & Awoyele, R.D. (2025). The Semiotics of Sustainability in African Contexts: Decolonizing Global Discourses of Development and Prosperity. International Journal of Independent Research Studies. https://doi.org/10.55220/2304-6953.v14i3.775
- Agramako, S.M. (2025). Decolonizing Peace Agreements: Localizing Disarmament and Conflict Resolution in the Central African Republic. The Palgrave Handbook of Peace, Conflict and Security Studies in Africa. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-92924-3_23
- Allan, J. (2025). Activist Ethics: the Need for a Nuanced Approach to Resistance Studies Field Research. Journal of Resistance Studies. https://doi.org/10.63961/2025.073
- Andrews, N., & Khalema, N.E. (2024). Correction to: Re-Storying African (Studies) Pedagogies: Decolonizing Knowledge and Centering Black Agency?. Political Pedagogies. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37442-5_11
- Barugahare, J. (2025). Global Health Equity through Decolonizing Health Research Ethics in Africa: Leveraging Kwame Nkrumah’s Analysis of Neocolonialism. African Journal of Bioethics. https://doi.org/10.58177/ajb240009
- Bennoune, K. (2024). International Obligation to Counter Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan. Feminist Dissent. https://doi.org/10.31273/fd.n7.2023.1506
- Benyovszky, S. (2024). Ethics, Bureaucracy, and the Western Imagination: Decolonizing Pre-fieldwork Protocols in African Research. Political Geography in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69899-6_13
- Boshoff, P., & Fafowora, B. (2024). Digital Media Literacy in Africa: Towards a Research Agenda. African Journalism Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/23743670.2025.2478460
- Chengane, S. (2024). Navigating qualitative field research on contraception in Algeria. The Journal of North African Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2024.2381173
- Dumbuya, E. (2025). Decolonizing the Curriculum: Rethinking Colonial Influences in African Education for an Empowered Future. International Journal of African Studies. https://doi.org/10.51483/ijafrs.5.1.2025.33-35
- Garrett, P.M. (2024). What are We Talking about When We are Talking about ‘Decolonising’ Social Work?. The British Journal of Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcae018
- Khan, R.M. (2024). A case for the abolition of “terrorism” and its industry. Critical Studies on Terrorism. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2024.2327727
- Kouokam, E. (2025). Decolonizing the Training Curricula in Social Sciences in Cameroon. African Studies Now. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350466098.ch-7
- Lewartowska, E.T., Anguelovski, I., Oscilowicz, E., Triguero‐Mas, M., Cole, H., Shokry, G., Pulgar, C.P.D., & Connolly, J.J. (2024). RACIAL INEQUITY IN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND GENTRIFICATION: Challenging Compounded Environmental Racisms in the Green City. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13232
- Modisane, L. (2024). Undisciplining Methodologies: Or, Recalling African Subjects from the Shadows of African Cinema Archives. African Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/00020184.2025.2456809
- Olayoku, P. (2024). Techlienation and Decolonizing Reparations in African Intra-diasporic Contexts. International Critical Thought. https://doi.org/10.1080/21598282.2024.2366758
- Olié, L., Delpy, L., & Ballet, J. (2024). From colonialism to international aid: Social protection in former French colonies in sub‐Saharan Africa, 1890–2020. Journal of International Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3924
- Osuji, K.C. (2025). Decolonizing African History: Everyday Experiences in Methodologies. Человек и культура. https://doi.org/10.25136/2409-8744.2025.6.74206
- Reinecke, C., & Löhr, I. (2024). Beyond the present, the nation, and Europe: Three different uses of history in reflexive migration studies. Migration Studies. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnae023
- Reyes-García, V., García‐del‐Amo, D., Porcuna-Ferrer, A., Schlingmann, A., Abazeri, M., Attoh, E.M.N.A.N., Ávila, J.V.D.C., Ayanlade, A., Babai, D., Benyei, P., Calvet‐Mir, L., Carmona, R., Caviedes, J., Chah, J.M., Chakauya, R., Cuní‐Sanchez, A., Fernández‐Llamazares, Á., Galappaththi, E.K., Gerkey, D., & Graham, S. (2024). Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Sustainable Earth Reviews. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42055-023-00063-6
- Rugut, C.K. (2024). Picturing the experiences of the student–supervisor relationship towards completion of doctoral studies in African universities. Education Research in African Contexts. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.22940381.10
- Schayegh, C. (2024). Settler colonial studies: a historical analysis. Settler Colonial Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/2201473x.2024.2371490
- Tsimi, E.E. (2025). On the Entrapment of Francophone Africa. African Studies Now. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350466098.ch-6
- Ukah, A. (2025). 969 Kwasi Wiredu:
- (1998). Africa. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111254036-012