Towards an Indigenous Transdisciplinarity

Cole, Anthony

doi:10.22545/2017/00091

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“…Māori are one of many Indigenous peoples across the world who comprise a vast array of some 5000 cultures, languages, and lifeways (Cole, 2017;Katene & Taonui, 2018;Lightfoot, 2016;World Bank, 2019). While Māori share much in common with other Indigenous peoples, they have a distinct language, culture, history and traditions, which shape their orientation, existence, and potential.…”

Section: Te Ao Māori-the Māori World Viewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Manahau: Toward an Indigenous Māori theory of value

Mika

Dell

Newth

et al. 2022

Philosophy of Management

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The theoretical challenge posed by this paper is to find a conceptualisation of value for entrepreneurship theory grounded in Indigenous knowledge from a Māori perspective capable of guiding entrepreneurs operating for sustainability and wellbeing. We review Western and Māori theories of value, values, and valuation. We argue that Indigenous concepts of value centre on collective wellbeing as opposed to self-interest, and have spiritual and material elements. The paper proposes a tentative Māori theory of value we call manahau, which combines mana (power, authority, and dignity) and hau (vitality of people, places, and objects). We define manahau as an axiological agent Māori entrepreneurs employ to synergistically negotiate cultural and commercial imperatives to achieve multidimensional wellbeing, human potential, and relational balance. We discuss research which illustrates manifestations of manahau in the Māori cultural ethics of utu (reciprocity) in Māori entrepreneurship and tauutuutu (reciprocity and balance) in Māori agribusiness. We argue that an Indigenous Māori theory of value has implications for entrepreneurship theory and practice.

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Section: Te Ao Māori-the Māori World Viewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Manahau: Toward an Indigenous Māori theory of value

Mika

Dell

Newth

et al. 2022

Philosophy of Management

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“…Instead, Santos (2014) suggests that curiosity and openness to otherness must guide iterative dialogues between Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowers, and Buzinde et al (2020) consider the key role of boundary individuals and knowledge brokers in facilitating collaborations across cultural boundaries that respect difference. Horizontality highlights that science is, in fact, just one culturally specific knowledge production system amongst 6,900 documented culturally and linguistically-mediated Indigenous knowledge systems (Cole 2017). Research that is practically relevant and socially inclusive needs to start recognizing science's cultural biases.…”

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Fostering horizontal knowledge co-production with Indigenous people by leveraging researchers' transdisciplinary intentions

Manuel-Navarrete¹,

Buzinde²,

Swanson³

2021

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Transdisciplinarity involves knowledge co-production with non-academics. This co-production can be horizontal when equal consideration is given to the contributions from different knowledges and ways of knowing. However, asymmetric power relations and colonial patterns of behavior, which are deeply rooted in academic culture, may hinder horizontality. Using Icek Ajzen's Theory of Planned Behavior, we elicited and analyzed the attitudes, perceptions, and behavioral intentions towards knowledge co-production of a team of seven Ecuadorian biologists while they were conducting fieldwork in Indigenous communities. All biologists acknowledged the benefits of collaborating with indigenous people. However, researchers with less fieldwork experience held unfavorable attitudes towards knowledge co-production. While all criticized the colonial biases of Ecuadorian society, more experienced participants were the only ones who perceived colonial dynamics as intrinsic to dominant scientific practices, and who expressed favorable attitudes towards horizontal co-production. They also perceived lower social pressure against co-production and greater behavioral control (i. e., greater confidence in their ability to perform co-production) than their peers; all of which confirmed their stronger behavioral intention to perform transdisciplinary co-production. Our analysis identified three structural factors affecting researchers' intentions:(1) disciplinarity predispositions acquired through formal education, (2) lack of decolonial approaches in academic curricula, and (3) pressures in academia to do more in less time. Personal decisions by more experienced participants, such as voluntarily engaging with transdisciplinary training or cultivating personal connections with Indigenous culture, appeared to be key enablers of horizontal forms of co-production. Understanding researchers' behavioral intentions might be key to seize, or waste, the decolonization opportunities brought about by the rapid advance of transdisciplinarity that is taking place in fields like sustainability or conservation science.

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“…For example, a recent policy report from the OECD calls for a 'paradigm shift in research practice' and hails transdisciplinarity as a new mode of research 'that integrates both academic researchers from unrelated disciplines-including natural sciences and SSH-and non-academic participants to achieve a common goal, involving the creation of new knowledge and theory' (OECD, 2020, p. 9). The OECD report converges with the wider transdisciplinary literature (Cole, 2017;Schmidt and Pröpper, 2017) in highlighting the need to rethink knowledge production for development and innovation agendas. As we examine below, much of this transdisciplinary literature can be described as combining: (1) an ontological claim about the multi-dimensional and multi-scale nature of social-environmental problems; (2) an epistemological claim about the broad distribution of expertise about social-environmental problems; and (3) a methodological agenda of integrating diverse forms of expertise in addressing them.…”

Section: Transdisciplinarity As An Inclusive Epistemologymentioning

confidence: 99%

The Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation

Ludwig¹,

Boogaard²,

Macnaghten³

et al. 2021

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This book develops an integrated perspective on the practices and politics of making knowledge work in inclusive development and innovation.While debates about development and innovation commonly appeal to the authority of academic researchers, many current approaches emphasise the plurality of actors with relevant expertise for addressing livelihood challenges. Adopting an action-oriented and ref lexive approach, this volume explores the variety of ways in which knowledge works, paying particular attention to dilemmas and controversies. The six parts of the book address the complex interplay of knowledge and politics, starting with the need for knowledge integration in the first part and decolonial perspectives on the politics of knowledge integration in the second part. The following three parts focus on the practices of inclusive development and innovation through three major themes of learning for transformative change, evidence, and digitisation. The final part of the book addresses the governance of knowledge and innovation in the light of political struggles about inclusivity.Exploring conceptual and practical themes through case studies from the Global North and South, this book will be of great interest to students, scholars, and practitioners researching and working in development studies, epistemology, innovation studies, science and technology studies, and sustainability studies more broadly.

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Towards an Indigenous Transdisciplinarity

Cited by 18 publications

References 55 publications

Manahau: Toward an Indigenous Māori theory of value

Manahau: Toward an Indigenous Māori theory of value

Fostering horizontal knowledge co-production with Indigenous people by leveraging researchers' transdisciplinary intentions

The Politics of Knowledge in Inclusive Development and Innovation

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