The main topic of the lecture this week is answering the research question of how various fields have transformed academic knowledge of the human condition. To approach this issue, Dr. Gbadegesin broke down the into three main parts.
The first part is addressing the human condition. The human condition can relate to many things throughout our society; from our individual condition, to our communal or national condition. This question specifically relates to our social, moral, economic, cultural, political, etc. condition as a whole. Not just the state of our immediate community, but the entire world.
Secondly, the topic of academic knowledge was specified. The question addresses how different academic field have transformed knowledge. The fields cover a broad spectrum including fine arts, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and so on. All the fields have produced research and new knowledge which has influenced collective knowledge of the human condition.
Lastly, Dr. Gbadegesin defined exactly what constitutes a transformation. He described this as a challenged to orthodoxy and societal norms. Also, a new paradigm for the world to look through. In essence, it is a shift from one was of thinking, into a new, broader range of thought.
Dr. Gbadegesin and Carr's lecture related by taking the Mbongi, the place where knowledge is shared, and relating that knowledge to the transformation of thought. These Mbongi forums serve as a melting pot of new ideas which contributes to the defining and changing of the human condition.
Kristen Bailey
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