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    1. The document discusses Sari Hanafi's work analyzing knowledge production in the Arab world. Hanafi argues that post-colonial studies alone are insufficient and do not capture how authoritarianism has shaped Arab epistemologies. 2. Hanafi believes a new field of "post-authoritarian studies" is needed to better understand Arab countries and the events of the Arab Spring. He also analyzes hierarchies in global knowledge production and the marginalization of local Arab scholars and Arabic language publications. 3. Three levels of hierarchy exist - scholars from Ivy League schools frame debates; less prestigious Western scholars have less influence; local Arab scholars who publish in Arabic are not heard internationally and speak/write under the framework set by

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    1. The document discusses Sari Hanafi's work analyzing knowledge production in the Arab world. Hanafi argues that post-colonial studies alone are insufficient and do not capture how authoritarianism has shaped Arab epistemologies. 2. Hanafi believes a new field of "post-authoritarian studies" is needed to better understand Arab countries and the events of the Arab Spring. He also analyzes hierarchies in global knowledge production and the marginalization of local Arab scholars and Arabic language publications. 3. Three levels of hierarchy exist - scholars from Ivy League schools frame debates; less prestigious Western scholars have less influence; local Arab scholars who publish in Arabic are not heard internationally and speak/write under the framework set by

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    1. The document discusses Sari Hanafi's work analyzing knowledge production in the Arab world. Hanafi argues that post-colonial studies alone are insufficient and do not capture how authoritarianism has shaped Arab epistemologies. 2. Hanafi believes a new field of "post-authoritarian studies" is needed to better understand Arab countries and the events of the Arab Spring. He also analyzes hierarchies in global knowledge production and the marginalization of local Arab scholars and Arabic language publications. 3. Three levels of hierarchy exist - scholars from Ivy League schools frame debates; less prestigious Western scholars have less influence; local Arab scholars who publish in Arabic are not heard internationally and speak/write under the framework set by

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    Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences (Hanafi, 2016)


    a) Reviews the book edited by Wiebke Keim et al, Global Knowledge Production
    in the Social Sciences: Made in Circulation (2014)
    b) Hanafi argues that post-colonial studies alone is not enough to explain the
    events in Arab countries (e.g. Arab Spring, Syrian Refugees)
    c) Scholars have reduced these events to Post-colonial studies fails to capture
    how decades of authoritarianism have also shaped knowledge production.
    d) epistemologies are not just shaped by colonialism but also by the "local power
    dynamics"
    e) Post-authoritarian studies are needed to better understand Arab countries.
    2. “Introduction” in Knowledge Production in the Arab World (Hanafi, 2015)
    a) There were two phases in 20th century, national science and globalized
    science. The latter is was an attempt to connect the products of the previous
    phase as it lead to the hegemony of a few scientific communities.
    b) Two engines of globalization: Institutionalization of research and the local
    scientific community
    c) Hanafi believes the promise of globalization to science is impossible.
    1. One has to be “qualified” to enter the knowledge economy
    2. Research must be redefined according to standard, which makes it
    irrelevant to their country.
    “Thus, the production of knowledge was put on the agenda, and joined,
    not unexpectedly, the interests of enterprises, promoters of a more
    competitive economy and the World Bank in the promotion of a
    knowledge economy. Thus, the issue was no longer only that of
    expanding awareness of the importance of knowledge in society, but
    that of competitiveness of the Arab economies, through the promotion
    of a knowledge economy.” (8)
    3. “Brain-dead country”
    3. Who frames the debate on the Arab uprisings? Analysis of Arabic, English, and
    French academic scholarship. (Hanafi, 2015)
    a) A three level hierarchy exists in knowledge production.
    1. 1st level: Most cited are those from Ivy League schools and are considered
    the experts of the field.
    2. 2nd level: Less prestigious scholars who are not often recognized for their
    theoretical contribution.
    3. 3rd level: Local scholars who cite only the first level scholars and speak
    and write in Arabic.
    b) First level produces exerts hegemony over knowledge production and third
    level producers are not heard in the international arena.
    4. “The marginalization of the Arab language in social science: Structural
    constraints and dependency by choice.” (Hanafi, 2014)
    a) Inequel proportions in publications reflect the hierarchy in knowledge
    production
    b) Most articles use English and this determines the audience and the research
    paradigm itself; reality is perceived in terms of English instead of the local
    language.
    c) The hegemony of English excludes local publications written in Arabic thus
    limiting contribution of different perspectives in knowledge production.
    References
    Hanafi, Safi. 2016. “Global Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences: A critical
    assessment.” Journal of the Brazilian Sociological Society 2(1): 16-30

    Hanafi, Sari and Rigas Arvanitis. 2014. “The marginalization of the Arab language in
    social science: Structural constraints and dependency by choice.” Current Sociology
    62(5): 723-742.

    Hanafi, Sari and Rigas Arvanitis. 2015. “Introduction” Pp. 1-20 in Knowledge Production
    in the Arab World. London: Routledge.

    Hanafi, Sari., Jean-Philippe Cointet, Rigas Arvanitis and Nada AlMaghlouth. 2015. “Who
    frames the debate on the Arab uprisings? Analysis of Arabic, English, and French
    academic scholarship.” International Sociology 30(4): 418-441.

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