Critical Phenomenology as Method in African Philosophy of Education
Dominic Griffiths (University of the Witwatersrand) Online only

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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

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.