Decolonizing Qualitative Approaches for and by the Caribbean

As academics in postcolonial Caribbean countries, we have been trained to believe that research should be objective: a measurable benefit to the public good and quantifiable in nature so as to generalize findings to develop knowledge societies for economic growth. What happens, however when the very word 'research' connotes a derogatory term or semblance of distrust? Smith (1999) speaks towards th...