Call for Papers - Have now closed
View accepted speakers and abstracts here
We have invited paper presentations from people who are actively engaged in conducting participatory research alongside or within Māori and/or other indigenous communities. We are particularly interested in research that has been instigated in the first instance by indigenous communities.
Conference Themes
Conference papers will address at least one of the following conference sub-themes.
Healthy and Sustainable Māori and Indigenous Communities
Papers should highlight research that:
- Contributes to creating healthy environments for Māori and/or indigenous communities
- Strengthens the generations.
- Māori and indigenous priorities and dilemmas
- Academic priorities and dilemmas
- The research process.
Social, Political and Economic Transformation
Papers should highlight research that:
- Is geared towards improving the lives of Māori and/or indigenous peoples regionally and/or globally.
Papers must address the aims of the conference and may include discussion about:
- Māori and indigenous priorities and dilemmas
- Academic priorities and dilemmas
- The research process.
New Frontiers of Knowledge
Papers must address the aims of the conference and may include discussion about:
- Traditional epistemologies and new knowledge
- Transforming academic paradigms.
We are looking for contributions on, but not limited to, the following topics:
- Indigenous communities and legal scholarship
- Globalisation, culture and the role of academic scholarship
- Land, environment and indigenous territories
- Health and well-being research initiatives in Māori and indigenous communities
- Technology and indigenous peoples
- Cultural identity, resistance and research.
