Decolonizing Interpretive Research : A Subaltern Methodology for Social Change

"To what extent do Western political and economic interests distort perceptions and affect the Western production of research about the other? The concept of 'colonializing epistemologies' describes how knowledges outside the Western purview are often not only rendered invisible but either absorbed or destroyed. Decolonizing Interpretive Research outlines a form of oppositional study that undertakes a critical analysis of bodies of knowledge in any field that engages with issues related to the lives and survival of those deemed as other. It focuses on creating intellectual spaces that will facilitate new readings of the world and lead toward change, both in theory and practice. The book begins by conceptualizing the various aspects of the decolonizing interpretive research approach for the reader, and the following six chapters each focus on one of these issues, grounded in a specific decolonizing interpretive study. With a foreword by Linda Tuhiwai Smith, this book will allow readers to not only engage with the conceptual framework of this decolonizing methodology but will also give them access to examples of how the methodology has informed decolonizing interpretive studies in practice."--Provided by publisher Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of contributors Foreword by Linda Tuhiwai Smith Preface PART I: The conceptual foundation 1. Decolonizing interpretive research Critical influences Centering the subaltern voice Naming the politics of coloniality Demythologizing, disrupting, and re-reading A decolonizing ethical stance Notes References PART II: Decolonizing principles 2. Centering the subaltern voice Awakening the subaltern voice Unveiling the colonizing roots of service learning The politics of the subaltern voice Toward a subaltern conceptual lens Provoking subaltern epistemological shifts A liberatory ethos Note References 3. Naming the politics of coloniality The politics of coloniality Colonialism as vehicle for European imperialism Colonialism as a system of control Coloniality in the contemporary moment Naming the politics of coloniality: implications for research Notes References 4. Demythologizing hegemonic beliefs Decolonizing methodology A healthy dose of dissidence Note References 5. Epistemological disruptions Decolonizing epistemologies Disrupting the logic of MBE The coloniality of power The hegemony of education, science, and knowledge Examples of epistemological disruptions Conclusion Notes References 6. Emancipatory re-readings Foundation for emancipatory re-reading Decolonizing knowledge Re-reading the pedagogy of Christ Conclusion Note References Afterword: Justice against epistemicides: decolonizing interpretive research as reiteration of itinerant praxis Note References Index