Ubuntu and the Ethics of Scholarly Collaboration

Samuel A. Okonkwo; Thandiwe M. Dlamini

Theoretical PaperPhilosophy, Ethics and ReligionSample

Ubuntu and the Ethics of Scholarly Collaboration

Samuel A. Okonkwo¹^{*(corresponding author)}
Thandiwe M. Dlamini²

1Department of Philosophy, Sample University (SAMPLE)
2School of Humanities, Sample University (SAMPLE)
*Corresponding author

Issue: Volume 1, Issue 2 (June 2027)
Pages: pp. 25–44
DOI: Assigned once JHTS joins Crossref
Received: 27 February 2027
Accepted: 18 May 2027
Published: 27 June 2027
Licence: OA CC BY 4.0

Abstract

Academic collaboration is usually governed by rules of credit borrowed from the sciences. This paper asks what an ethics of collaboration grounded in Ubuntu, the southern African idea that a person is a person through other persons, would require of humanities scholars. It argues for practices of shared authorship, mentoring and citation that recognise intellectual work as communal without erasing individual contribution.

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Okonkwo, S. A., & Dlamini, T. M. (2027). Ubuntu and the Ethics of Scholarly Collaboration. Journal of Humanities and Transcultural Studies, 1(2), 25–44. http://localhost:3000/articles/ubuntu-and-the-ethics-of-scholarly-collaboration