Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores and analyses the lived experience of scholars and academics from the Global South and/or Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who have professionally migrated to academic institutions, currently located in the Global North. It highlights what the Global South and BIPOC perspective is teaching the people. The book highlights the predicament of individuals from the Global South and/or BIPOC in the Global North, highlighting what this analysis of identity could bring to teaching pedagogies in the classroom. It highlights some important learnings from the painful, often frustrating, and unjust third space conditions imposed on scholars, whether budding or accomplished. The book analyses the complex interplay between pity and gratitude, as part of a larger spectrum of memory and emotions that migrants from the Global South experience in their journey towards becoming integrated as citizens of “Western” countries like Germany.