In this article Julia Roth points out that a transnational approach does not by de facto imply a corrective tool to address the power asymmetries produced by western imperialism. For this we must attempt to decolonize concepts and knowledge by giving agency to marginal voices, integrate scholarship produced outside the Anglo-American academy, and be critical of our own positions as researchers and scholars. She also highlights the connection between knowledge production and power and the need to create relevant forms of knowledge in order to turn theory into practice.(F.M.)