The decolonization initiative and discourse fundamentally aims to transform the role of local actors from passive subjects or mere informants to empowered, leading agents and co-creators of knowledge within the existing global knowledge infrastructures
The environment has historically privileged Western, ways of knowing as universally valid, marginalizing or devaluing Indigenous and non-Western knowledge systems and oral traditions.
Decolonization challenges this hegemony by calling for the recognition and valuing of diverse epistemologies.
This is a dominant characteristic, where career advancement, promotion, and tenure are heavily dependent on research output and publication metrics. This pressure can lead to stress and, in some cases, questionable research practices or a focus on quantity over quality.
<p><span>The publishing environment is entails a formal process designed to ensure quality research and integrity with regard to authenticity.</span></p><p><span><span>Publishing is a significant commercial industry, with major publishers operating in a competitive landscapes. There is ongoing friction between the traditional, controlled access models and the open access movement, which intends to make research freely available, often through author-paid article processing.</span></span></p><p><span><span>Especially based on the workshop that i attended i realised that authors seek financial compensation based on the time spent and hard work they put in creation of research papers</span></span></p><p><span></span></p>