Conference Objectives and Outcomes
Indigenous populations around the world face rapid social, political, environmental and economic change in the face of globalisation and challenges to cultural identities and tradition. Academic scholarship must keep pace if it is to remain relevant to indigenous communities and societies in the 21st century.
New research methods and academic practices have begun to evolve within indigenous communities, which in turn present new questions and challenges for conventional academic scholarship and practice.
Aims of the Conference
This conference aims to bring together people from a range of disciplinary fields and nations who are engaged in developing research-based responses to the real-world struggles of Māori and/or other indigenous peoples. The purpose is to identify common themes and key issues in research, and explore ideas for the future.
The conference is intended to help scholars and researchers locate themselves within a range of intellectual forums that are closely engaged with emerging critiques of academic scholarship. The conference will allow a sharing of knowledge, expertise and insight between both established and newly emerging networks of Māori and indigenous academics and community researchers.
Conference Publication
Another aim and outcome of the conference is the production an edited book. The cultural dynamics that inform social and political transformations amongst indigenous peoples are crucial topics for academic and public discussion, and Victoria University of Wellington endeavours to fulfil its commitment to promoting understandings of these aspects of social and political life.
Student Essay Presentations
During the conference, two essay prizes will be awarded to tertiary students who have written about the conference theme(s). more...
