This book is a distinctive collection on transcultural encounters in knowledge production and
consumption which are situated at the heart of pursuit for cognitive justice. It uniquely
represents transcultural dialogues between academics of Australia China and Malaysia located
on the borders of different knowledge systems. The uniqueness of this volume lies in the
convergence of transcultural perspectives which bring together diverse disciplines as cultural
studies education media translation theory and practice arts musicology political science
and literature. Each chapter explores the possibility of decolonising the knowledge production
space as well as research methodologies. The chapters engage with 'Chinese' and 'western'
thought on transcultural subjects and collectively articulate a new politics of difference
de-centring the dominant epistemologies and research paradigms in the global academia.
Refracted through transcultural theories and practices adapted to diverse traditions
histories and regional affiliations and directed toward an international transcultural
audience the volume demonstrates expansive possibilities in knowledge production and
contributes to the understanding of and between research scholarship which deals with
collective societal and cultural challenges within the globalised world we live in. It would be
of interest to researchers engaged with current critical debates in general and global scholars
in transcultural and intercultural studies in specific.
