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

Global South Scholars in the Western Academy explores the challenges and opportunities faced by scholars from the Global South who have migrated to institutions in the Global North, theorizing the third space as a unique and generative position in the Western academy.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This volume theorizes the third space as a unique, rich, and generative position in the Western academy, by foregrounding the voices and experiences of scholars from the Global South who have migrated to institutions in the Global North.

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.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367625849