This chapter critiques the risks posed by performative proclamations of positionality and identity in contemporary decolonization debates, particularly when such declarations become substitutes for ethical or political engagement. Drawing on the concepts of dis-enclosure and being-in-common – central to the work of French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy and further developed by Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe – the chapter advances a non-identitarian ontology of decolonization. This framework challenges the binary logics that often structure identitarian thinking (e.g., Western/non-Western, white/non-white), within which positionality statements can become morally stabilizing rather than politically transformative. The chapter argues instead for a conception of decolonization grounded in shared ethical responsibility and collective commitments to reparative futures, rather than individualized claims to moral authority or innocence. In doing so, it offers critical resources for rethinking the role of scholars in higher education, emphasizing how research, writing, and teaching can foreground relational accountability and a shared responsibility for building reparative futures.