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In this introductory chapter, the editors produce a state-of-the-art overview and discussion of the theoretical and methodological opportunities of conducting research about transpacific experiences that can challenge ongoing colonial epistemological paradigms. The chapter highlights the limits and promises of engaging in the study of a dialogue between the two shores of the Pacific in its full complexity. It avoids advocating for the establishment of fixed frameworks, concepts, or approaches. Instead, it embraces a plurality of voices and methodologies. All these voices fight for epistemic justice against oppressive structures of action, knowledge, and representation that have unfairly estranged communication between communities in East and Southeast Asia and Latin America.
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“Linhas radicais que dividem a realidade social em dois universos distintos: o ‘deste lado da linha’ e o ‘do outro lado da linha’. […] A característica fundamental do pensa- mento abissal é a impossibilidade da co-presença dos dois lados da linha. O universo ‘deste lado da linha’ só prevalece na medida em que esgota o campo da realidade relevante: para além da linha há apenas inexistência, invisibilidade e ausência não-dialética.” Own translation.
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“La idea de una historia no plural es un intento de ampliar las ciencias sociales modernas más allá de sus límites, con el objetivo de (re)construir la cartografía de los saberes y las experiencias de la Humanidad. Este llamamiento a la pluralidad procede de un reconocimiento de la extrema diversidad de experiencias, cuya riqueza, en términos de posibilidades de cambio, no puede reducirse a un único horizonte disciplinario, a una única forma de concebir la alternativa.” Own translation.
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Serrano-Muñoz, J., Olivieri, C. (2022). When East Is North and South. In: Olivieri, C., Serrano-Muñoz, J. (eds) East Asia, Latin America, and the Decolonization of Transpacific Studies. Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74528-8_1
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