Colonial Legacies and Global Inequalities in the Anglo-Caribbean
Negotiating Social Knowledge Production in Research and Career-Making
By Meta Cramer
ISBN
978-1529249613Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University PressISBN
978-1529249620Dimensions
234 x 156 mmImprint
Bristol University Press
Colonial Legacies and Global Inequalities in the Anglo-Caribbean
In the face of enduring global inequalities and colonial legacies, social scientists in the Anglo-Caribbean navigate complex challenges in their research and career-making.
This book reveals how academics in the Global South negotiate these asymmetries in their daily work. Through fieldwork and interviews with senior scholars, the author explores how Anglo-Caribbean social scientists creatively work towards a regional science system. The book emphasises the creativity and collective action of scholarly communities.
This work is essential for rethinking global entanglements in academia and working towards critical perspectives on social science knowledge production.
“A splendid study of how social science is made in the global South, and original thinking about intellectual dependence and negotiation.” Raewyn Connell, Professor Emerita, University of Sydney
Meta Cramer is Senior Researcher in Sociology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Introduction
1. Towards a Global Sociology of Social Sciences
2. Becoming an Anglo-Caribbean Social Scientist
3. Juggling Daily Work: Publishing, Teaching and Administrative Duties
4. Global Collective Knowledge Production: Conferencing and Collaboration
5. Negotiation Zones of Knowledge: Towards an Analytical Model
Afterword: Imagining and Doing Social Knowledge Production Beyond Coloniality
