784 Authors’ Note: Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Yvonna S. Lincoln, Education Administration and Human Resource Development, College Station, TX 77843-4226; e-mail: ysl@tamu.edu. The Search for Emerging Decolonizing Methodologies in Qualitative Research Further Strategies for Liberatory and Democratic Inquiry Yvonna S. Lincoln Elsa M. González y González Texas A&M University, College Station Many non-Western and non-English-speaking scholars express the need for supporting a methodological approach that foregrounds the voices of nation- als and locals (or indigenous peoples). Supporting this stance, Western schol- ars will reach out in democratic and liberatory ways that effect research collaboration, helping to foster social justice and locally desired change. This article supports this search via presenting some methodological strategies culled from six different cases of cross-cultural and cross-language research in which both Western and non-Western scholars were involved and/or col- laborated. A comparative study of the inquiries themselves, with follow-up interviews with their U.S.-based authors, is the strategy that has been chosen to respond to this search for additional, emerging methodological and narra- tive approaches to cross-cultural/cross-national research that is useful to both local and Western scholars equally. Keywords: decolonizing methodologies; cross-cultural research; cross- language research; qualitative research Many non-Western and non-English-speaking scholars express the need for supporting a methodological approach that foregrounds the voices of nationals and locals (or indigenous peoples). Supporting this stance, Western scholars will reach out in democratic and liberatory ways that effect research collaboration, helping to foster social justice and locally Qualitative Inquiry Volume 14 Number 5 July 2008 784-805 © 2008 Sage Publications 10.1177/1077800408318304 http://qix.sagepub.com hosted at http://online.sagepub.com