List of interviewees -- Imagining research otherwise -- Arjun Appadurai: the shifting ground from which we speak -- Raewyn Connell: peripheral visions; beyond the metropole -- Homi K. Bhabha: in the midst of knowledge -- Doreen Massey: responsibilities over distance -- Aihwa Ong: on being human and ethical living -- Fazal Rizvi: mobile minds -- Saskai Sassen: digging in the shadows -- Bibliography -- Index