Post-reciprocity: In Defense of the ‘Post’ Perspective

Abstract

This article presents an argument about the facilitation of education abroad through a lens of post-reciprocity in the context of Western colonial history and the behaviors of the colonial traveler. The author not only argues that the student’s place in the home culture will also impact their perspective and vary greatly depending on their own identity, but the influence of this established lens and identity is fully formed and their role as traveler established but also argues that is important to consider that by the time a student goes abroad to any destination, they have internalized numerous stories of privileged heroes and adventurers.