1st Edition
Global South Scholars in the Western Academy Harnessing Unique Experiences, Knowledges, and Positionality in the Third Space
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 establishing themselves in academic settings in the Global North. The text identifies the unique position that scholars have come to adopt "in-between" North and South and theorizes this positionality as a "third space", which is carved out by academics negotiating personal, professional, and cultural belonging. This liminal subject position, enriched by experiences of migration, racialization, poverty, and difference, is shown to drive knowledge-production and justice-orientated approaches in the academy.
This book provides a new and overdue perspective on the experiences and contributions of Global South scholars in the academy. It will be of interest to academics, researchers, and scholars with an interest in critical theory, indigenous and multicultural education, the sociology of education, and higher education.
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
