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From ‘Geopolitics of Being’ towards Inter-being: Envisioning the ‘In/visibles’ in the Globalization of Higher Education

Abstract: Amid the growing debate about globalization of higher education (HE), remaining absent is an analysis of the onto-epistemic grammar underlying the articulation of this global phenomenon. This essay posits that our understanding of the nature of globalization of HE cannot be separated from questions of a) emotions, b) temporality, and c) ontology. Drawing on the extant literature on globalization of HE to date and personal experiences, it demonstrates the efficacy of these above three concepts, and argues that our understanding of globalization of HE insidiously perpetuates a geopolitics of being, and constrains us from knowing/embodying inter-being. It suggests pursuing inter-being as an alternative to the prevailing onto-epistemic grammar, embedded in fixed notions of human progress and coloniality of knowledge. By refusing to tame uncertainty or provide 'probable outcomes', this essay intends to provoke and imagine alternative ways of knowing/being.