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Saturday, May 11 • 1:30pm - 2:25pm
Open Access to Knowledge from French speaking Africa: progress and discussion of strategies using existing networks

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Western modernity has invented, at the same time as capitalism and colonization, a certain type of knowledge that it has decreed to be the only valid: the so-called "scientific" knowledge. It’s acceptance has led to a cognitive injustice between the North and the global Souths with knowledge mainly moving in the direction North – South. Open Access can be part of a solution but only if it gives also access to the knowledge of the countries in the Global Souths. In a Roundtable discussion we want to explore ways to bring about wanted change in the Global Souths

Session notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PeYtV3em4-n1Hp1Hs2dw2i9rcmOXHg7fypvloXwka8Y/edit
Speakers
avatar for Tom Olyhoek

Tom Olyhoek

Editor in Chief, DOAJ
I am a molecular microbiology researcher with ampel living and working experience in Europe and Africa. I have done research on tropical and exotic diseases like malaria, sleeping sickness and Lyme disease. Since 2012 I work on advocacy for open science and open access with OKF and... Read More →
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Florence Piron

avatar for Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou

Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou

Co-Organiser of Africa OSH and President of Association for the Promotion of Open Science in Haiti and Africa (APSOHA)., University of Ottawa/OpenAIR
Thomas Mboa is a researcher in Information and Communication, with interest in the Maker Movement, social Innovation, Open science and Scholarly Communication. He is a New Emerging Researcher at Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) Network; and currently at University of Ottawa... Read More →
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Zakari Lire


Saturday May 11, 2019 1:30pm - 2:25pm WEST
Tokyo Room, 4th Floor, Museu do Oriente Av. Brasília 352, 1350-279 Lisboa, Portugal
  Open Education Open Science and Open Access   Galleries Libraries Archives and Museums   Ethics of Openness

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