Colonisation, Neoliberalism and Māori Education: Herbison Invited Lecture, NZARE Annual Conference 2017

Pīhama, Leonie

doi:10.1007/s40841-019-00130-7

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“…Elizabeth Rata is somewhat of a conundrum of an academic figure in education circles in Aotearoa New Zealand. The 'sensational' nature of her claims concerning Māori education regularly attract attention from media (NZ Herald, 2004) and politically conservative groups (Rata, 2007), not to mention annoyed Māori scholars (Pihama, 2019). The academic milieu in this country is tight and courteous, and consequently, there have been few if any academic challenges to this work, which in our view has accrued more credibility than it deserves.…”

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A critique of Rata on the politics of knowledge and Māori education

Stewart

Devine²

2019

WJE

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This article unpacks and critiques the scholarship of Elizabeth Rata on the politics of knowledge in education. Rata represents a widespread, though covert, influence within the global academy of an imperialist form of philosophical universalism which has particular significance for Aotearoa New Zealand due to her vocal opposition to Kaupapa Māori education and Māori politics more generally. This article uses critical discourse analysis (CDA) to focus on the arguments of one key article, in order to expose its philosophical weaknesses. Our analysis shows that Rata’s scholarship is based on misconceptions of several key terms and concepts, which inexorably lead to inadequate arguments and invalid conclusions, and undermine the cogency of her claims about the ‘dangers’ of Kaupapa Māori education.

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confidence: 92%

A critique of Rata on the politics of knowledge and Māori education

Stewart

Devine²

2019

WJE

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“…Breheny & Stephens, 2008, 2010; Macleod & Durrheim, 2003), and government policy (e.g. Duncan, 2007; Pihama, 2011; Ware, Breheny, & Forster, 2016), both nationally and internationally.…”

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Muted resistance: The deployment of youth voice in news coverage of young women’s sexuality in Aotearoa New Zealand

Morison

Herbert

2019

Feminism & Psychology

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Youth sexuality is typically constructed as a social problem, and associated with a range of negative consequences for larger society and for young people themselves – especially young women. The media play a role in perpetuating this dominant construction, but may also offer a space for resistance. In this article, mainstream news media reportage on youth sexual and reproductive issues in Aotearoa (New Zealand) is discursively analysed to identify instances of resistance to oppressive discourses. Taking a feminist poststructuralist perspective, the aim is to connect news reporting, as a representational practice, with broader relations of power. The focus of the analysis, therefore, is on whether and how young people are allowed a voice in news reportage, and to what effect their voices are deployed. The analysis demonstrates not only that youth voice is relatively muted in comparison to experts, but also that it is frequently used to reinforce the dominant constructions of youth sexuality (as problematic and risky). Yet, instances of resistance are also evident. These are assessed in relation to their impact on gender power relations, and possibilities for amplifying resistance are discussed.

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“…One special category of publications in NZJES are the Herbison lectures; written forms of the named keynote speech that concludes the main programme of each NZARE annual conference (see www.nzare.org.nz/awards/herbison-lecture ). In our tenure to date, we have received and published one Herbison lecture, delivered by Leonie Pihama at the 2017 conference held at University of Waikato (Pihama 2019 ). The publication of this particular lecture demonstrates the political nature of the work that editors of a journal such as NZJES are sometimes called upon to undertake.…”

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