Abstract

This chapter partially addresses the emergence of critical psychology in Aotearoa/Australia, and interrogates the risky possibilities of critical psy-discourse in the South Pacific. It is partial since it is a specific account that constitutes critical psychology within the tension between globalization and locality that specifies ‘our’ place for critical psychology in a global context. Before moving to specific tensions, there are questions about the conceptual apparatus of ‘place’, ‘space’, ‘locality’, and ‘region’ that trouble borders marking the South Pacific as a site from which to view the emergence of critical psychology and reflect on the tensions of globalization and local perspectives.