In this short commentary, I explore some recent shifts in the landscape of South African higher education, from the vantage point of my particular location within Geography at the University of Cape Town. Although those of us working in this context have experienced multiple challenges in recent years, I argue here that we could usefully re-frame the ongoing state of crisis as a moment of opportunity in which we might both revitalise critical geographical work and engender more just cultures of academic praxis, premised on relationships of care. In particular, Geography could productively engage more directly, in both its theory and its praxis, with Southern and decolonial scholarship as well as postcolonial and feminist thought. Such a move would deepen our understanding of where we are, how we got here, and how we might build more equitable relationships. It would help us to see the world more clearly and imagine alternatives more effectively, from our diverse locations on the African continent.

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从危机到批判性实践：南非的地理

在这篇简短的评论中，我从我在开普敦大学地理学中的特定位置的有利位置探讨了南非高等教育领域最近的一些变化。尽管我们这些在此背景下工作的人近年来经历了多重挑战，但我在此认为，我们可以有效地将当前的危机状态重新定义为一个机遇时刻，在这个时刻，我们既可以振兴关键的地理工作，又可以产生更公正的文化以关怀关系为前提的学术实践。特别是，地理学在其理论和实践中可以更直接地与南方和非殖民主义学术以及后殖民主义和女权主义思想进行有效的互动。这样的举动将加深我们对我们在哪里，我们是如何到达这里的理解，以及我们如何建立更公平的关系。它将帮助我们从我们在非洲大陆的不同地点更清晰地看待世界并更有效地想象替代方案。