This edited collection presents perspectives from a range of disciplines on the challenges of dismantling coloniality in settler societies.
Showcasing a variety of pedagogies and case studies, the book offers approaches to the praxis of decolonisation in diverse settings including tertiary education, activism, arts curatorial practice, the media, trans-Indigeneity, and psychosocial therapy. Chapters centre on the personal, relational, and political work needed to support decolonisation in settler societies in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and Canada. Drawing from experiences in the field, contributors argue that to decolonise research and build authentic relationships with Indigenous communities, settler researchers must learn from Indigenous worldviews without appropriating them, disrupt colonial epistemologies, and reconcile their place in colonialism. Indigenising is discussed as a counterpart to the decolonisation process, involving restoring and centring the Indigenous voice within Indigenised socio-cultural, economic, legal, and political structures and institutions, including the return of land.
The book is a rich resource for researchers seeking to understand and support decolonisation in settler societies, and will appeal to non-Indigenous scholars, students, and those involved in decolonisation work in community and institutional settings.
Author(s): Billie Lythberg, Christine Woods, Susan Nemec
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 222
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of figures
List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgement
Introduction
SECTION ONE
1 Making space at the institutional table: Co-work and risk in the colonial university
2 ‘So, are you Indigenous?’ Settler responsibilities when teaching Indigenous Australian Studies
3 ‘It’s complicated’: Reflections on teaching citizenship in Aotearoa-New Zealand
4 Indigenous Peer Learning in a Digital Third Space
5 Remembering and repositioning episodes of historical violence between settlers and Indigenous people
SECTION TWO
6 Tau(gh)t relationships and fraught responsibilities: (de) colonisation practices in new non-Māori adult learners of te reo, the Māori language
7 Co-conspiring in a time of hulihia at Mauna Kea
8 Critical White Settler Projects as an intergenerational responsibility: Activating decolonial co-resistance in the cultural sector
9 Does Indigenous media have a role in building new migrant narratives of decolonisation?
10 S is for Settler: A Psychosocial Perspective on Belonging and unbelonging in Aotearoa New Zealand
11 Thinking about Pacific relational space, along-side and in the presence of tāngata whenua in Aotearoa-New Zealand
Index
