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2023 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
13. Becoming Western: Reflections and Stories of Being in Western Academia
Authors : Reem Talhouk, Hussain Abid Syed
Published in: Torn Many Ways
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
In this chapter, we reflect on our experiences of inhabiting, occupying, and holding diverse spaces in our work,
education, and research in epistemic Global North academic institutions (“Western Academia”). These are stories,
narratives, and discussions we have held with each other, as persons of colour, as migrants, working within HCI,
moving from the geographical Global South to the Global North. We present these reflections in an effort to
juxtapose the issues presented in other chapters in this book that reflect on conducting research in non-Western
contexts with our experiences as non-Westerners in Global North institutions. We hope that in doing so we
recognize one of multiple visions of the complexity of HCI research across borders.