The latest issue of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga’s AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples is now available.
AlterNative Volume 6, Number 1 is a general issue which includes a range of articles on discipline-focussed approaches to indigenous studies. Shaun Awatere, Maui Hudson, Mere Roberts, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Murray Hemi and Sarah-Jane Tiakiwai examine issues of what constitutes Māori knowledge, or Mautauranga Māori, through ethnicity measurements and embryo research. Jo Smith and Katharina Ruckstuhl look at the case of Ngāi Tahu’s media and how it works to resist the perspectives of dominant culture.
For Andrejs Kulnieks, Dan Roronhiakewen Longboat and Kelly Young, the question becomes how indigenous cultures can influence curricula development through an approach they call ‘eco-hermeneutics’. Sharing this focus on the classroom is Georgina Stewart, who looks at the language issues in Māori chemistry education. Finally, Susan Chebet-Choge looks at the ongoing issues surrounding linguicide for the Nandi.
A full list of the articles is available by clicking here.
(http://www.alternative.ac.nz/journal/volume6-issue1)
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