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#Palaver Platforms: An Ubuntu Initiative for National Unity and Social Media

Chapter of: Beyond the Spirit of Bandung: Philosophies of National Unity: Secular or Religious?

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Title#Palaver Platforms: An Ubuntu Initiative for National Unity and Social Media
ContributorFrans Dokman(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.54195/FLRI3273_CH11
Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
PublisherRadboud University Press
Published on2023-11-30
Long abstractSocial media platforms are not politically neutral tools. For that reason this paper studies the polarizing influence of social media on national unity in Africa. From the social constructivist perspective it examines the conflictual interactions via social media between social movements, state and tech giants. Their polarization prompts a reflection on the validity of the non-dominating concepts of the African-rooted Ubuntu philosophy. The Ubuntu concept of consensus is presented as an addition to the perspectives of the Beijing consensus, Washington consensus and Bandung consensus. The author argues that Ubuntu philosophical orientations reclaim via social media the communal dimensions of serving cohesion within the domains of economy, technology, politics and culture. In the end, the author argues for Palaver Platforms as the alternative dialogue for social media promoting social cohesion.
Keywords
  • Ubuntu Philosophy
  • Palaver Platform
  • Social Media
  • State and Tech Giants
  • Social Movements
  • Seriti
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Frans Dokman

(author)
Radboud University
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7943-6573

Frans Dokman is research affiliate of the Nijmegen Institute for Mission Studies, Radboud University. His research includes African philosophy with a focus on management and sustainability. Recent publications are 'Beyond Bantu Philosophy. Contextualizing Placide Tempels’s initiative in African thought' (Routledge, 2022), 'The mission of authority and obedience. Servant Leadership in the context of Faciem Tuam' (Palgrave, 2022) and 'Adaptation in modern times' (IRM, 2023).