1st Edition

Global South Scholars in the Western Academy Harnessing Unique Experiences, Knowledges, and Positionality in the Third Space

Edited By Staci Martin, Deepra Dandekar Copyright 2022
234 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

234 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

By foregrounding the voices and experiences of scholars from the Global South who have migrated to institutions in the Global North, this volume theorizes the "third space" as a unique, rich, and generative position in the Western academy. Global South Scholars in the Western Academy engages a range of critical methodologies to explore the challenges that Global South scholars have faced in... Read more

Introduction

Part 1: Transformative Pedagogy and Scholarship

Chapter 1: "Why don’t you study your own country?" Situating the Semi-self, amongst Hybrid Identities

Julten Abdelhalim

Chapter 2: Settler Colonial Curriculum in Carlisle Boarding School: A Historical and Personal Qualitative Research Study

Patrick Gerard Eagle Staff

Chapter 3: Between Confidence and Mistrust, Rejection and Collaboration: Anglolan Region Drums in Third Academic Space at Universidade Federal de Minas, Brazil

Felix Ulombe Kaputu

Part 2: Barriers and Disruptions of White Space in Academia

Chapter 4: How to be a Good Immigrant in Australian Academia

Diana Carolina Arbeláez-Ruiz

Chapter 5: Inclusion and Exclusion of Postcolonial Subjects in Knowledge Production: Academic Experience in Sweden, Cameroon, and Germany

Jonathan Ngeh

Chapter 6: Cannibalizing the Foundations of Western Civilization

Wendy M.K. Shaw

Chapter 7: Navigating Academia as a Third Culture Child: Acculturation

Marcella Chiromo

Part 3: Cultivating Third Spaces in the Academy

Chapter 8: Defining and Decolonizing Spaces in the Western Academy: Like a Laughing Dove

Lydia Wanja Gitau

Chapter 9: Reflections on Multiple and Unconventional Positionality through a Lens of Multi-layered Institutional Whiteness: Challenging the Binary

Sayaka Osanami Törngren

Kyoko Shinozaki

Chapter 10: Disrupting Trauma Tourism in Diversity Workshops and Scholarship Essays: A Participatory Study Describing Counternarratives by Queer, Trans, and Students of Colour

Óscar Fernández

Staci B. Martin

Luz Maria Anaya

Anayeli Diaz-Espinoza

Wendy Soriano-Valencia

Stevie Cadiz

Hollis Kinner

Crystal Romero

Part 4: Cultivating Third Spaces

Chapter 11: The Role of Memory and Emotions in the Long Migration Journey to Germany

Deepra Dandekar

Chapter 12: Transforming Ordinary Spaces into Hopeful Spaces

Staci B. Martin

Debra Tavares

D. Philipos

Milan Alvarez

Aline Maranghi

Irving Sanchez Cisneros

Danna Diaz

David Peterson del Mar

Chapter 13: Opportunities and Challenges of Oral History Research through Refugee Voices, Narratives, and Memories: History Dialogues

Mohamed Zakaria Abdalla

Richesse Ndiritiro

Shaema Omar

Kate Reed

Samson Rer

Marcia C. Schenk

Gerawork Teferra

Chapter 14: Reconceptualizing Academic Mobility in Exile: Advancing a More Equitable Exchange of Ideas

Chelsea A. Blackburn Cohen

Alfred Babo

Sarina S. Rosenthal

Epilogue

Biography

Staci B. Martin, Ed.D., Assistant Professor of Practice in the School of Social Work at Portland State University, USA

Deepra Dandekar, Ph.D., Researcher, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin, Germany