This paper analyzes how knowledge is reproduced as "universal" in contemporary higher education and how this production of universality influences the application of knowledge. Using a case study of clinical psychology, it describes the results of over two years of ethnographic fieldwork in a university and professional settings in Singapore with short comparative field studies in Australia and the Netherlands. The results provide critical insights into the cultural effects and knowledge contestations within transnational higher education.

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“那是世界标准”：“普遍”知识的批判民族志

本文分析了知识在当代高等教育中如何被复制为“普遍性”，以及这种普遍性的产生如何影响知识的应用。它使用临床心理学的案例研究，描述了在新加坡的大学和专业环境中进行了两年多的民族志实地考察的结果，并在澳大利亚和荷兰进行了短期的比较实地研究。研究结果为跨国高等教育中的文化影响和知识争论提供了重要见解。