ABSTRACT

This chapter explains a research project that responds to Singh and Han’s concern about knowledge creation through utilising a post-monolingual methodology in the generation of social theory. In many higher education institutions, an economic and cultural legacy of colonialism is reflected most explicitly in the dominance of English. An important part of knowledge creation within higher education (HE) is the circulation and translation of social theory between different language systems. The Asian University for Women, located in Chittagong, Bangladesh, is an independent, international liberal arts university with a very distinctive social mission to create future leaders and to give marginalised communities access to HE. Cultural field is a “network or set of relationships which could be cultural, religious, educational, or related to ritual The translation of social theory between different language systems is an important part of knowledge creation within HE.