Geo-Political and Geo-Cultural Epistemologies of the Nomadic Society in the Global South

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  • Aris Arif Mundayat Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • Suleiman Dahiru Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

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Nomadic society, southeast Asia, western Africa, geopolitical and geocultural epistemologies

Abstract

This study explores the profound nomadic communities’ dimension of Sea Nomad in Southeast Asia and Land Nomad in West Africa in the past and present. It highlights their geo-political and geo-cultural epistemologies to their complex and dynamic interaction with terrestrial communities. Their epistemologies are relevant to understanding the wider context of historical and contemporary issues in the global South mobility. Since the decolonisation of the Western colonised territories and the industrial restructuration in Western countries, the Global South countries were experiencing the so called “development program”. The Western reason to implement the development program is to improve the life quality of the people who are living in impoverish condition due to the limitation of knowledge capitals to utilise the resources for developing the nation. The development program believed as the key to advance the nation in the post-colonial states of the Global South. In reality this program consists of concepts, theories and its implementation to reinstall the power of Global North in the Global South by the post-colonial states through any means of indirect control. The valorisations of development by the post-colonial states in West Africa and Southeast Asia have brought the consequences of the Global South knowledge extermination or epistimicide. Within this situation, this study questioning on how the nomad people in Southeast Asia and West Africa are using their epistemology in struggling over the states domination through their geo- political and geo-cultural knowledge which are incompatible to each other.

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2025-01-23
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