Redefining the Geography of Reason. China and Africa for a Community of Shared Science from a Cultural and Aesthetical Point of View

ABSTRACT: This article is a prolegomena for the new paths of knowledge imposed by the rebalancing of globalization in favor of the South, with China and Africa as main actors. By highlighting the art and culture of African communities in China, the article shows that any criticism of Eurocentrism involves the invention of theories, concepts and methods better suited to the spirit of the present time, particularly that of the a Sino African civilization under construction. Here, aesthetics serves as an analyzer and metaphor for the new world of knowledge.

Keywords:Art, culture, globalization, science, universalism.