The Fourth Research Tradition
A powerful exploration of how Caribbean intellectual traditions offer transformative models for truly decolonizing Western universities and reimagining inclusive education.
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How can universities in the Global North truly decolonize knowledge and dismantle the hierarchies that continue to shape their classrooms and institutions?
The Fourth Research Tradition: Lessons from the Third World in Decolonizing Higher Education by Marsha Myrie Obi challenges the dominance of Western epistemologies by turning to the Caribbean intellectual tradition—a model born out of resistance, reconstruction, and radical inclusivity. Drawing on the legacy of Commonwealth Caribbean universities, this book explores how transplanted peoples redefined identity, knowledge, and pedagogy by rejecting colonial hierarchies and embracing transdisciplinary, anti-oppressive practices.
Through a compelling synthesis of critical theory, lived experience, and educational practice, Marsha Myrie Obi offers a roadmap for reimagining universities as spaces of liberation, empathy, and equity.
Ideal for early and mid-career faculty, educational developers, and scholars in critical pedagogy, Caribbean Studies, and equity-driven higher education reform, as well as readers in the Caribbean diaspora seeking models of transformative learning.
How can universities in the Global North truly decolonize knowledge and dismantle the hierarchies that continue to shape their classrooms and institutions?
The Fourth Research Tradition: Lessons from the Third World in Decolonizing Higher Education by Marsha Myrie Obi challenges the dominance of Western epistemologies by turning to the Caribbean intellectual tradition—a model born out of resistance, reconstruction, and radical inclusivity. Drawing on the legacy of Commonwealth Caribbean universities, this book explores how transplanted peoples redefined identity, knowledge, and pedagogy by rejecting colonial hierarchies and embracing transdisciplinary, anti-oppressive practices.
Through a compelling synthesis of critical theory, lived experience, and educational practice, Marsha Myrie Obi offers a roadmap for reimagining universities as spaces of liberation, empathy, and equity.
Ideal for early and mid-career faculty, educational developers, and scholars in critical pedagogy, Caribbean Studies, and equity-driven higher education reform, as well as readers in the Caribbean diaspora seeking models of transformative learning.
Marsha Myrie Obi is an educator, scholar, and public intellectual whose work bridges Caribbean, African, and diasporic traditions to advance anti-oppressive and decolonial pedagogy.