Decolonial Epistemologies in Comparative and International Education - (International Perspectives on Education and Society) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This volume examines the field of comparative and international education (CIE) by addressing colonial and Eurocentric structures and advancing a decolonial approach. The chapters integrate frameworks from indigenous epistemologies, racial capitalism, and pluriverse thinking to question and reimagine existing paradigms in CIE.

Book Synopsis

Decolonial Epistemologies in Comparative and International Education: Anticipating the Cultural Turn? examines the current state of the field of comparative and international education (CIE) by addressing colonial and Eurocentric structures and advancing a decolonial approach. The chapters integrate frameworks from indigenous epistemologies, racial capitalism, and pluriverse thinking to question and reimagine existing paradigms in CIE.

This edited volume interrogates the level of coloniality and racial capitalism present in modern analyses of CIE. As such, the chapter authors unpack questions such as: Is CIE as a field too white? Are its theories and methodologies still too Eurocentric? How do we treat others as we study them? How do we accommodate differences, and how is inclusion dealt with? How might new epistemologies, ontologies, and axiologies help us decolonize the field?

Decolonial Epistemologies in Comparative and International Education: Anticipating the Cultural Turn? is valuable for academics in CIE and related fields, practitioners interested in decoloniality in education, administrators and policymakers in higher education, and graduate students in CIE, higher education, and educational leadership. It offers insights into current discussions on decoloniality and education, helping these groups understand and navigate the complexities of these themes in educational contexts.

About the Author

tavis d. jules is a Full Professor in Cultural and Educational Policy & International Higher Education at Loyola University Chicago, USA.

Florin D. Salajan is Professor in the School of Education at North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA.

Anna Becker is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow & Assistant Professor in Linguistics at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

Benjamin Scherrer is Assistant Professor of Education at the City University of New York (CUNY) Lehman College, USA.