Indigenous Materialisms and Disciplinary Colonialism

Somatechnics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-173
Author(s):  
Brendan Hokowhitu
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
Indigenous Knowledges ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
New Materialisms ◽  
New Framework

As a starting point, this article looks at the nexus between New Materialisms and Indigenous Studies, concluding that the New Materialists' almost entire failure to interact with Indigenous knowledges and scholarship whilst employing the nomenclature ‘new’, is merely another over-exaggerated example of western claims to knowledge itself. The majority of the article discusses Indigenous Materialisms more specifically, introducing a new framework for defining eras of colonialism, namely ‘sovereignty colonialism’, ‘biopolitical’ or ‘disciplinary colonialism’, and ‘ security colonialism’. In the final third of the article, I focus on ‘biopolitical’ or ‘disciplinary colonialism’ in particular, fleshing out notions such as Indigenous materiality preceding thought, the materialism of colonisation including colonial sport, and the agency of Indigenous bodies to resist.

scholarly journals Leading the Way: Indigenous knowledge and Collaboration at the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-53
Author(s):  
Colleen McGloin ◽  
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Anne Marshall ◽  
Michael Adams
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Student Responses ◽  
Academic Field ◽  
Indigenous Knowledges ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Within Subjects ◽  
Field Of Inquiry

This paper derives from collaborative research undertaken by staff at the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre, into our own teaching practice. It articulates a particular strand of inquiry emanating from the research: the importance of Indigenous knowledges as this is taught at Woolyungah in the discipline of Indigenous Studies. The paper is a reflection of Woolyungah’s pedagogical aims, and its development as a Unit that seeks to embed other knowledges into the realm of critical inquiry within subjects taught at the Unit. It also reflects student responses to our pedagogy. The writers are Indigenous and non-Indigenous and have collaborated with all teaching staff involved to present this work as a starting point for discussions about the emerging discipline of Indigenous Studies, its rigour as an academic field of inquiry and our commitment as educators to the inclusion of Indigenous knowledges in our programme.

Embracing Uncertainty: Modeling Uncertainty in EPMA—Part II

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-89
Author(s):  
Nicholas W.M. Ritchie
Keyword(s):  
Beam Energy ◽  
Uncertainty Modeling ◽  
Matrix Correction ◽  
Correction Model ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Uncertainty Calculation ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Measurement Design ◽  
New Framework

AbstractThis, the second in a series of articles present a new framework for considering the computation of uncertainty in electron excited X-ray microanalysis measurements, will discuss matrix correction. The framework presented in the first article will be applied to the matrix correction model called “Pouchou and Pichoir's Simplified Model” or simply “XPP.” This uncertainty calculation will consider the influence of beam energy, take-off angle, mass absorption coefficient, surface roughness, and other parameters. Since uncertainty calculations and measurement optimization are so intimately related, it also provides a starting point for optimizing accuracy through choice of measurement design.

scholarly journals Introduction: Issues in (Re)Contesting Indigenous Knowledges and Indigenous Studies

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (S1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Phillips ◽  
Jean Phillips ◽  
Sue Whatman ◽  
Juliana McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
Indigenous Knowledges

The New Materialisms and Indigenous Theories of Non-Human Agency: Making the Case for Respectful Anti-Colonial Engagement

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 331-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry Lee Rosiek ◽  
Jimmy Snyder ◽  
Scott L. Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
New Materialism ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Agential Realism ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
Recent Emergence ◽  
New Materialisms

Both new materialist philosophy of science and Indigenous studies scholarship have developed theories about the agency of non-human things. There has, however, been relatively little articulation between these two literatures in the qualitative social sciences. This essay looks at the possible reasons for this lack of engagement–including the relatively recent emergence of new materialism, pervasive racism within the academy, and foundational differences in the priorities and philosophical assumptions informing these two literatures. Addressing new materialist scholars, the essay inventories the ethical, political, and intellectual reasons social scientists using Karen Barad’s concept of agential realism should also be reading and citing Indigenous studies literature on agent ontologies. It makes the case that the Indigenous studies literature on agent ontologies have strengths in precisely some of the places new materialist social science is facing challenges. Examples are provided and the broader political implications of such work are examined.

The Concept of “Territory” in Modern China: 1689-1910

Cultura ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-95
Author(s):  
Jingdong YU
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Relations ◽  
Modern China ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
National Narrative ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The 1911 Revolution ◽  
Territorial Transformation ◽  
New Framework ◽  
The Revolution

Abstract There are two frequent misunderstandings in the scholarship on modern China’s territorial transformation. First, the concept of lingtu (“territory”) is often seen as only developing after the 1911 Revolution, in opposition to the earlier concept of jiangyu diguo (“imperial frontier”). Second, jiangyu and lingtu are often confused and seen as basically the same concept at different historical stages. This essay takes the translation and dissemination of “territory” before the 1911 Revolution as a starting point to examine how the basic concept of lingtu developed from a translated term to describe spatial relations into an important semantic resource of a political movement. On one hand, in the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Nerchinsk and in the modern treaty system, the translation of “territory” formed a new conceptual space, centred on lingtu, which differed from the idea of the (imperial) “frontier” (jiangyu). The turn from jiangyu to lingtu was not a complete one; rather, part of the old concept was integrated into the new framework. On the other hand, the concept of lingtu also provided a semantic battlefield, and the battle was already opened before the revolution: the earlier ideas, diplomatic relations and national narrative already formed the basic concepts dominating discourses after the revolution.

Privilege, Decentring and the Challenge of Being (Non-) Indigenous in the Study of Indigenous Issues

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torjer A. Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Foundation ◽  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
Binary Relations ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Indigenous Methodologies ◽  
Kaupapa Māori ◽  
The Way

There are acceptable ways of studying Indigenous issues as a non-Indigenous scholar. Still, the role and identity of the scholar is important and debated within the study of Indigenous issues. The purpose of this article is to accept, but explore the premise of a distinction between Indigenous and non-Indigenous. I claim the possibility of taking adecentredspace within Indigenous studies and move towards a methodological and theoretical foundation that is informed by scholars with different stances and backgrounds. A key approach is the intersectional approach to privilege. Neither privilege/oppression, Indigenous/non-Indigenous, nor insider/outsider are binary relations. From Indigenous methodologies such as kaupapa Māori, I emphasise, in particular, the local starting point, arguing that this is the way to transfer relevant issues to a bigger context.

scholarly journals Medical educators’ beliefs about teaching, learning, and knowledge: development of a new framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marleen Ottenhoff- de Jonge ◽  
Iris van der Hoeven ◽  
Neil Gesundheit ◽  
Roeland van der Rijst ◽  
Anneke Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Educational Beliefs ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Beliefs About Teaching ◽  
Medical Educators ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
New Framework

Abstract BackgroundThe educational beliefs of medical educators influence their teaching practices. Insight into these beliefs is important for medical schools to improve the quality of education they provide students and to guide faculty development.Several studies in the field of higher education have explored the educational beliefs of educators, resulting in classifications that provide a structural basis for diverse beliefs. However, few classification studies have been conducted in the field of medical education. We propose a framework that describes faculty beliefs about teaching, learning, and knowledge which is specifically adapted to the medical education context. The proposed framework describes a matrix in which educational beliefs are organised two dimensionally into belief orientations and belief dimensions. The belief orientations range from teaching-centred to learning-centred; the belief dimensions represent qualitatively distinct aspects of beliefs, such as ‘desired learning outcomes’ and ‘students’ motivation’.MethodsWe conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 26 faculty members, all of whom were deeply involved in teaching, from two prominent medical schools. We used the original framework of Samuelowicz and Bain as a starting point for context-specific adaptation. The qualitative analysis consisted of relating relevant interview fragments to the Samuelowicz and Bain framework, while remaining open to potentially new beliefs identified during the interviews. A range of strategies were employed to ensure the quality of the results.ResultsWe identified a new belief dimension and adapted or refined other dimensions to apply in the context of medical education. The belief orientations that have counterparts in the original Samuelowicz and Bain framework are described more precisely in the new framework. The new framework sharpens the boundary between teaching-centred and learning-centred belief orientations. ConclusionsOur findings confirm the relevance of the structure of the original Samuelowicz and Bain beliefs framework. However, multiple adaptations and refinements were necessary to align the framework to the context of medical education. The refined belief dimensions and belief orientations enable a comprehensive description of the educational beliefs of medical educators. With these adaptations, the new framework provides a contemporary instrument to improve medical education and potentially assist in faculty development of medical educators.

scholarly journals Effects of scheme default insurance on decisions and financial outcomes in defined benefit pension schemes

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 288-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Butt
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Pension Scheme ◽  
Defined Benefit ◽  
Financial Outcomes ◽  
Pension Schemes ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
New Framework

AbstractA simulation investigation of the effect of default insurance on the optimal equity allocation and deficit spread period of a model defined benefit pension scheme is performed, using the old and new frameworks of the Pension Protection Fund in the U.K. as a starting point. The old default insurance levy framework encourages an increase in the allocation to equities, creating an indirect effect of increased deficits. The new framework reverses the effect to a reduction in the allocation to equities, thus reducing deficits. In addition the gaming element of default insurance is investigated and found to significantly increase optimal equity allocation and deficit spread period, leading to a significant increase in deficits.

scholarly journals The Importance of Being Useless: A Cross-Cultural Contribution to the New Materialisms from Zhuangzi

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 21-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy HB Kwek
Keyword(s):  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Alternative Conceptions ◽  
The Political ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Indigenous Knowledges ◽  
New Materialisms ◽  
Material Turn

The recent ‘material turn’ focuses on materiality in two distinctive ways: one, by including nonhuman agencies, another, by mining indigenous knowledges for alternative conceptions of agency and human–thing relations. A troubling gap persists between the two endeavours. The gap insinuates an us–them dichotomy and, more importantly, curtails communication between radically different visions of thingly agency – thereby impeding the political drive of these conceptual enterprises. This article is an essay in cross-cultural transposition. Through a close reading of a story of a useless tree in an ancient proto-Daoist text, Zhuangzi (莊子), the author shows how its fabulist and oneiric form illuminates a distinctive perspective on uselessness. Conversely, the trope of uselessness lets us begin from what she calls a ‘situated affectivity’ amidst more-than-human materialities. The article concludes with a brief comparison of three modalities of uselessness from different ‘cosmologies’ of thought – a foretaste of the potentials of cross-cosmological endeavours.

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