The Power and Possibilities for the Indigenous Good: The Importance of Indigenous Research and Praxis 3

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 1

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Indigenous scholars are highly skeptical of Western research institutions and representatives in their attempts to represent the experiences, interests, and philosophies of Indigenous peoples. From the rejection of research methods and the consequent colonizing theories that position the ‘Indigenous other’ as an object of their gaze, Critical Indigenous Theories, and decolonizing methodologies have been vital tools in refocusing attention on the systems that structure inequality and injustices. This decolonizing scholarship draws on local epistemologies to bring a critical understanding of the issues impacting Indigenous education. This move to establish a deeper level of critical engagement inverts the gaze into those colonial systems, structures, beliefs and theories that have sought to dislocate Indigenous peoples from their own lands, knowledges, and identities.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific

Chair

• Kevin Lowe, University of NSW Sydney Australia

Papers

• Instruments of Power and Control in First Nations Remote Education - Samual Osborne, University of South Australia; John Guenther, Batchelor Institute

• Establishing a Critically Informed Model for a Culturally Nourishing Approach to Schooling for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students - Kevin Lowe, University of New South Wales; Greg Vass, Griffith University

• Decolonizing Teacher Education Through Learning From Country - Katrina Thorpe, University of Technology - Sydney; Cathie Burgess, University of Sydney

• Developing a Sustainable Professional Leadership Model to Embed a Culturally Nourishing Response to Aboriginal Education - Cathie Burgess, University of Sydney; Kevin Lowe, University of New South Wales

• Toward an Australian Culturally Responsive Pedagogy - Lester Rigney, University of South Australia; Robert James Hattam, University of South Australia