Critical phenomenology as method in African Philosophy of Education
Join this event to hear Dominic Griffiths introduce an emerging project and its potential relevance for African Philosophy of Education.
Critical phenomenology as method in African Philosophy of Education
28 Jan 2026, 17:30 – 19:15
This presentation introduces an emerging project that develops an approach to African Philosophy of Education grounded in critical phenomenology. Drawing on existential phenomenology and critical Marxism, critical phenomenology examines lived, context-dependent experience shaped by social identity and power. It reveals the intentional structures that render the world intelligible while evaluating how these structures enable or constrain justice, freedom and flourishing. The presentation outlines the method’s conceptual foundations and its potential relevance for African Philosophy of Education
This event will be particularly useful to researchers and teachers who are interested in philosophy of education broadly and African philosophy of education specifically
To book your place, please email Yuxin Su: stnvysu@ucl.ac.uk.
PESGB seminar series
This event is part of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB) seminar series. PESGB is a learned society that promotes the study, teaching and application of philosophy of education. Its London Branch hosts seminars every Wednesday in conjunction with the Centre for Philosophy of Education. These seminars are led by national and international scholars in the field, covering a wide range of issues of educational and philosophical concern.
All are welcome to attend.
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Dominic Griffiths
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education
Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
Dominic Griffiths is an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand. His research interests are broadly in philosophy of education and African philosophy of education. His background is in continental philosophy, particularly P-phenomenology and hermeneutics, and he is interested in how these traditions can inform and develop philosophy of education.
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