Invisibilizing Eurasia: How North-South Dichotomization Marginalizes Post-Soviet Scholars in International Research Collaborations

Autor/in	Kuzhabekova, Aliya
Titel	Invisibilizing Eurasia: How North-South Dichotomization Marginalizes Post-Soviet Scholars in International Research Collaborations
Quelle	In: Journal of Studies in International Education, 24 (2020) 1, S.113-130 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kuzhabekova, Aliya)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1028-3153
DOI	10.1177/1028315319888887
Schlagwörter	Social Change; College Faculty; International Cooperation; Power Structure; Political Influences; Disadvantaged; Talent; Knowledge Economy; Expertise; Foreign Countries; Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Criticism; Universities; Case Studies; Global Approach; USSR; Kazakhstan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialer Wandel; Fakultät; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Begabung; Hochbegabung; Knowledge society; Economy; Wissensgesellschaft; Wirtschaft; Expert appraisal; Ausland; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Kritik; University; Universität; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Globales Denken; Kasachstan
Abstract	Despite the growing complexity and multidimensionality of the system of international research collaborations, the colonial discourse casting the collaborative relationships in terms of polarized North--South antitheses persists and continues to exert influence on the nature of power distribution in the relationships, as well as on the conceptualization of some players in the relationship as superior donors, whereas others as inferior recipients. In this article, I demonstrate how dichotomic representation of the geopolitical entities involved in international research collaboration fails to acknowledge the existence and marginalizes a large and extremely talented academic community of Eurasian scholars, which has the potential to enrich and transform the global knowledge system if it becomes more actively and authoritatively involved in the international system of ideas exchange and knowledge generation. I argue that this invisibilization of post-Soviet research community is part of the logic of postcolonial governmentality, which creates the demand and draws the post-Soviet world into international trade in knowledge-related expert services, whereby profits and benefits from the trade are reaped by the countries, which self-categorize as the North, while undermining the potential of the former Soviet scholarly community to contribute to global knowledge production on equal terms. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01