Transnational psychology

Transnational psychology is a branch of psychology that applies postcolonial, context-sensitive cultural psychology, and transnational feminist lenses to the field of psychology to study, understand, and address the impact of colonization, imperialism, and globalization, and to counter the Western bias in the field of psychology.[1][2][3] Transnational psychologists partner with members of local communities to examine the unique psychological characteristics of groups without regard to nation-state boundaries.

Transnational Psychology

As articulated by Kurtis, Adams, Grabe, Else-Quest, Collins, Machizawa and Rice, transnational psychology aims to counter the Western bias in the field of psychology.[4] Kurtis and Adams proposed applying the principles of transnational feminism and using a context-sensitive cultural psychology lens to reconsider, de-naturalize, and de-universalize psychological science.[1] They identified people in the non-Western, "Majority World" (areas where the majority of the world's population lives) as valuable resources for revising traditional psychological science.[1] Transnational psychology is essentially synonymous with transnational feminist psychology.[4] Both transnational feminism and transnational psychology are concerned with how globalization and capitalism affect people across nations, races, genders, classes, and sexualities. The transnational academic paradigm draws from postcolonial feminist theories, which emphasize how colonialist legacies have shaped and continue to shape the social, economic, and political oppression of people across the globe. It rejects the idea that people from different regions have the same subjectivities and recognizes that global capitalism has created similar relations of exploitation and inequality. A 2015 Summit organized by Machizawa, Collins, and Rice further developed transnational psychology[5] by inspiring presentations and publications that applied transnational feminist principles to psychological topics.[3][6][7]

International psychology, global psychology, and cross-cultural psychology share the common goal of making psychology more universal and less ethnocentric in character, whereas transnational psychology is concerned with uncovering the particularities of the psychology of groups without regard to nation-state boundaries and is opposed to universalization.

  1. ^ a b c Kurtiş, Tuğçe; Adams, Glenn (21 August 2015). "Decolonizing Liberation: Toward a Transnational Feminist Psychology". Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 3 (1): 388–413. doi:10.5964/jspp.v3i1.326. hdl:1808/21823. ISSN 2195-3325.
  2. ^ Grabe, Shelly; Else-Quest, Nicole M. (June 2012). "The Role of Transnational Feminism in Psychology: Complementary Visions". Psychology of Women Quarterly. 36 (2): 158–161. doi:10.1177/0361684312442164. ISSN 0361-6843. S2CID 53585351.
  3. ^ a b Transnational psychology of women : expanding international and intersectional approaches. Collins, Lynn H.,, Machizawa, Sayaka,, Rice, Joy K. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. ISBN 1-4338-3124-4. OCLC 1090706835.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ a b "Introduction to transnational psychology". Transnational psychology of women : expanding international and intersectional approaches (PDF). Collins, Lynn H.,, Machizawa, Sayaka,, Rice, Joy K. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. ISBN 1-4338-3124-4. OCLC 1090706835.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "Psychology of Women International Psychology of Women Summit". Sexuality, Women, & Gender Project. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. ^ Psychological Practice with Women : Guidelines, Diversity, Empowerment. Enns, Carolyn Zerbe., Rice, Joy K., Nutt, Roberta Lynn, 1944– (1st ed.). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. 2015. ISBN 978-1-4338-1813-4. OCLC 889759649.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ^ Integrating multiculturalism and intersectionality into the psychology curriculum : strategies for instructors. Mena, Jasmine A.,, Quina, Kathryn. Washington, DC. ISBN 978-1-4338-3008-2. OCLC 1060181008.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)