decolonisation

Public Aspirations for a decolonised city. Food security and "re-storytelling"

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
competition
decolonisation
food security
Māori
public visions
storytelling
utopian futures
Author(s): 
Katie Jane Tollan
Mike Ross
O. Ripeka Mercier
Bianca Elkington
Rebecca Kiddle
Amanda Thomas
Jennie Smeaton
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2023.12.2.3

In 2017, the Imagining Decolonised Cities (IDC) competition sought submissions for the public’s visions of a decolonised Porirua. The IDC competition was an opportunity for Ngāti Toa Rangatira to solicit utopic ideas for their city post-settlement. This article presents an analysis of the 40 entries, exploring how participants understand decolonisation enacted in an urban setting. We identified two overarching themes from the submissions that can be linked to wider theories of decolonisation, particularly Corntassel’s (2008) theory of sustainable self-determination.

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The Digital Vā: Pasifika education innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
digital vā
transnational indigeneity
Pasifika education
Pasifika pedagogy
decolonisation
Author(s): 
Dion Enari and Jacoba Matapo
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2020.9.4.2

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the world to stop. It has halted societal modes of being and operating, and collective responsibility is now premised on a discourse of prevention or fear. These tensions are also relevant to higher education. In this situation report we aim to elucidate such tensions through Pacific Indigenous philosophy that affirms collective and relational ontologies by way of transnational Pasifika engagement in the university. This report is produced by two Pasifika researchers who have never physically met.

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Tatala ‘a e Koloa ‘o e To’utangata Tonga: A way to disrupt and decolonise doctoral research

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Tatala ’a e Koloa ’o e To’utangata Tonga i Aotearoa mo Tonga
disruption
decolonisation
Indigenous researcher
positionalities
Author(s): 
David Fa‘avae
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.1.1

“Disruption” and “decolonisation” are terms often associated with Indigenous researchers’ intent to validate traditional cultural knowledge and practice in academia. The challenges and complexities in Indigenous researchers’ positionalities within their doctoral research projects are not always openly discussed (Webber, 2009). In this article, I share my personal reflections and observations of the challenges in my doctoral research with Tongan kāinga (extended families) in Aotearoa New Zealand and Tonga.

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Decolonisation through reconciliation: The role of Pākehā identity

Article type: 
Journal article
Key words: 
Pākehā
Māori
identity
decolonisation
reconciliation
education research
Author(s): 
Diana Amundsen
DOI: 
10.20507/MAIJournal.2018.7.2.3

Research indicates that claiming a contemporary identity as Pākehā is being redefined by those individuals who engage closely with Te Ao Māori. This reopens the discussion of the implications for Pākehā researchers who engage across Māori research spaces. This article reports a reflective study I conducted using the transtheoretical model and its six stages of change (J. O. Prochaska & DiClemente, 1982) to understand my Pākehā cultural identity.

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