Chapter 32: Postcolonialism and Psychology

Catriona Macleod & Sunil Bhatia

Postcolonialism and psychology Postcolonial psychology is not in its infancy, but rather an embryonic stage – that is, if we judge a sub-discipline by who is producing knowledge. Although there are a range of texts from which psychologists can draw and that speak to issues of interest to psychologists, there are currently few psychology scholars contributing to what is explicitly called postcolonial theory and research. Therefore, by way of orienting the reader, we start this chapter by outlining some of the key tenets of postcolonialism. This must of necessity be brief and unsatisfactory, not least because postcolonialism itself is a slippery term, representing the gathering together of a variety of theoretical writings and understandings under one rubric. Turning to research itself we discuss the politics of research (specifically the politics of location and the politics of representation) within the framework of postcolonialism. We consider what the broad research aims of ...

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