Kaupapa Māori and eColonialism: Creating Māori Theory and Methodology for the Digital World

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Eight
  In Roundtable Session: Education Research in Search of Indigenous Truths: Theory, Culture, and Identity (Table 19)

Abstract

In a world that is increasingly digital and impacted by Covid-19, the online world plays a central role in many people’s lives as we move to working, learning and connecting more via digital mediums, which encourages electronic colonialism (eColonialism) and misinformation. How do we identify the truth in contemporary contexts, and more importantly how do we maintain and identify Māori (indigenous) truth in growing digital/online/virtual spaces? The preparedness of Maori populations to engage in spaces that can be recolonizing requires a conscious awareness of how we can maintain our indigeneity in the modern digital world. This paper introduces and discusses: iWhakaaro, a new theoretical framework and iRangahau, a new methodological approach to incorporate Kaupapa Māori approaches in cyber/online/virtual/internet/digital spaces.

Author

• Te Rina Warren, Massey University
  Presenting Author