Race and the Politics of Knowledge Production: Diaspora and Black Transnational Scholarship in the United States and Brazil

Mitchell-Walthour, G.; Hordge-Freeman, E.

In this co-edited volume, Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour and Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman have invited contributors of African descent from the United States and Brazil to reflect on their multidimensional experiences in the field as researchers, collaborators, and allies to communities of color. Contributors promote an interdisciplinary perspective, as they represent the fields of sociology, political science, anthropology, and the humanities. They engage W.E.B. Du Bois' notion of 'second-sight,' which suggests that the unique positionality of Black researchers might provide them with advantages in their empirical observations and knowledge production. They expose the complex and contradictory efforts, discourses, and performances that Black researchers must use to implement and develop their community-centered research agenda. They illustrate that 'second-sight' is not inevitable but must be worked at and is sometimes not achieved in certain research and cultural contexts.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2016-01-30

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137553935

DOI: 10.1057/9781137553942

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 226