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RIR-2074 · Logged 13 July 2026
Developing Non-Colonial Anticipatory Action Research Frameworks for Sustainable Future-Oriented Public Policy in Africa
The colonization of the future limits the ability of local communities to imagine and shape their own development trajectories. This research explores the application of non-colonial anticipatory action research to empower local knowledge production in African contexts.
In plain words
When others shape how the future is imagined, local communities have less say in their own development. How can research that helps local groups plan their own futures, free of colonial thinking, work in practice in sub-Saharan Africa?
Primary research question
How can non-colonial anticipatory action research frameworks be operationalized to support local community-led future planning?
Knowledge gap
What remains worth asking
The source suggests that conceptual frameworks for decolonizing the future exist, but it remains useful to test these in practical, field-based action research settings.
Potential contribution
Why it may matter
This work provides a foundation for more inclusive and representative future-oriented policy making in post-colonial contexts.
Academic placement
Academic fields and topic tags
Study frame: Community-based organizations in sub-Saharan Africa. · Method signals: Participatory Action Research, Co-design workshops
Possible study pathways
One question, different levels
Postgraduate diploma
Futures studies and community development
Doctoral
Decolonial theory and anticipatory governance
- originality
- Advanced
- methodology
- Advanced
- Data access
- Moderate
- ethics
- Advanced
Quality and audit
79/100 quality
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- Requires deep community engagement
- High ethical considerations for participatory research
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APA 7 source
Bourgeois, R., Karuri-Sebina, G., & Feukeu, K. E. (2022). The future as a public good: decolonising the future through anticipatory participatory action research. foresight, 26(4), 533-549. https://doi.org/10.1108/fs-11-2021-0225
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