Realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events
Research events are important places where disciplinary structures and norms are reproduced and challenged. This article uses the authors’ experiences organising a geography research event on decolonising settler cities on Wadjuk Nyungar Country in Perth, Western Australia, to interrogate the transf...
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| author | Jones, Tod Dowling, C. Porter, L. Kickett-Tucker, Cheryl Cox, Shaphan |
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| description | Research events are important places where disciplinary structures and norms are reproduced and challenged. This article uses the authors’ experiences organising a geography research event on decolonising settler cities on Wadjuk Nyungar Country in Perth, Western Australia, to interrogate the transformations that a decolonising ethic demands. Learning with the Indigenous research method of yarning as a decolonising practice, we document and reflect on the persistence a decolonising ethic requires. This project concretely revealed the interconnection between transformation at the micro-level—event conceptualisation, design, placement, and conduct—and building challenges to settler-colonial structures and institutions. We conclude by interrogating the structural barriers for multi-epistemic engagement and learning and propose three principles for non-Indigenous researchers to more fully understand the invitation of being in a relationship with what has always been here: Indigenous sovereignties of law, place, and knowledge. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-931412023-10-02T02:12:45Z Realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events Jones, Tod Dowling, C. Porter, L. Kickett-Tucker, Cheryl Cox, Shaphan Research events are important places where disciplinary structures and norms are reproduced and challenged. This article uses the authors’ experiences organising a geography research event on decolonising settler cities on Wadjuk Nyungar Country in Perth, Western Australia, to interrogate the transformations that a decolonising ethic demands. Learning with the Indigenous research method of yarning as a decolonising practice, we document and reflect on the persistence a decolonising ethic requires. This project concretely revealed the interconnection between transformation at the micro-level—event conceptualisation, design, placement, and conduct—and building challenges to settler-colonial structures and institutions. We conclude by interrogating the structural barriers for multi-epistemic engagement and learning and propose three principles for non-Indigenous researchers to more fully understand the invitation of being in a relationship with what has always been here: Indigenous sovereignties of law, place, and knowledge. 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93141 10.1177/11771801221144640 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Jones, Tod Dowling, C. Porter, L. Kickett-Tucker, Cheryl Cox, Shaphan Realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events |
| title | Realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events |
| title_full | Realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events |
| title_fullStr | Realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events |
| title_full_unstemmed | Realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events |
| title_short | Realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events |
| title_sort | realising decolonising spaces: relational accountability in research events |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/93141 |