Global South Scholars 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, this volume theorizes the "third space" as a unique, rich, and generative position in the Western academy.

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

Introduction Part 1: Transformative Pedagogy and Scholarship 1. "Why don't you study your own country?" Situating the Semi-self, amongst Hybrid Identities 2. Settler Colonial Curriculum in Carlisle Boarding School: A Historical and Personal Qualitative Research Study 3. Between Confidence and Mistrust, Rejection and Collaboration: Anglolan Region Drums in Third Academic Space at Universidade Federal de Minas, Brazil Part 2: Barriers and Disruptions of White Space in Academia 4. How to be a Good Immigrant in Australian Academia 5. Inclusion and Exclusion of Postcolonial Subjects in Knowledge Production: Academic Experience in Sweden, Cameroon, and Germany 6. Cannibalizing the Foundations of Western Civilization 7. Navigating Academia as a Third Culture Child: Acculturation Part 3: Cultivating Third Spaces in the Academy 8. Defining and Decolonizing Spaces in the Western Academy: Like a Laughing Dove 9. Reflections on Multiple and Unconventional Positionality through a Lens of Multi-layered Institutional Whiteness: Challenging the Binary 10. Disrupting Trauma Tourism in Diversity Workshops and Scholarship Essays: A Participatory Study Describing Counternarratives by Queer, Trans, and Students of Colour Part 4: Cultivating Third Spaces 11. The Role of Memory and Emotions in the Long Migration Journey to Germany 12. Transforming Ordinary Spaces into Hopeful Spaces 13. Opportunities and Challenges of Oral History Research through Refugee Voices, Narratives, and Memories: History Dialogues 14. Reconceptualizing Academic Mobility in Exile: Advancing a More Equitable Exchange of Ideas Afterword