Building the foundations for flourishing Indigenous Futures

Celebrating 20 years of being Aotearoa New Zealand’s only Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence, Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (NPM) are excited to invite you to join us online from 15 – 18 November 2022 for our 2nd virtual and 10th International Indigenous Research Conference (IIRC).

IIRC is a time for reflection, sharing, planning, innovating, getting inspired. Everything about our conference is Indigenous. Hot topics include: climate change, living sustainably, Indigenous rights and wellbeing, Indigenous data sovereignty, Indigenous distinctiveness, and building firm foundations for flourishing Indigenous futures.

Given this is our second online conference, we appreciate that multiple modes of engagement are important to enable participants to ‘plug in’ and experience conference. Engagement modes include – Master classes, premiere keynotes, discussion fora, social connects, live and pre-recorded papers and posters.

Join us to celebrate and acknowledge a uniquely Indigenous-led online international conference designed to shape a promising future for locally inspired and globally relevant Indigenous-led research.

Themes and dimensions

In this future oriented conference, we will consider and discuss what it will take to ensure that generations to come enjoy wellness and meaningful lives. All speakers and activities with contribute to our knowledge and understanding of this aspirational goal. Dimensions of the conference theme for which we wish to receive abstract submissions and stimulate discussion are described below.

Pātai – Questions

  • Te Ao Taketake – How can Indigenous languages, customs, traditions, values and knowledge continue to inform our futures?
  • Whānau – How can Indigenous kinship wellbeing be realised in everyday life?
  • Mauri – How can mātauranga (Indigenous knowledges, wisdom, understanding) inform and drive sustainable and just societal practices?
  • Puāwai – How can Indigenous-led research be used transformatively to accelerate the achievement of flourishing Indigenous futures?

Pae & Rautaki – Knowledge and strategy dimensions

  • Pae Ahurei | Living Uniquely – Knowledge that celebrates and cherishes distinctively Indigenous futures
  • Pae Ora | Living Well – Knowledge for healthy and meaningful Indigenous lives
  • Pae Tawhiti | Living Lightly – Knowledge that pursues responsible social, economic and environmental relationships
  • Pae Auaha | Living Smartly – Knowledge to create wise and ethical Indigenous technological transformations
  • Rautaki Kounga | Professional Excellence – Strategies to build Indigenous researcher capability and capacity
  • Rautaki Whakaaweawe | Impact and transformation – Strategies to enhance transformative change for Indigenous peoples and communities

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    Professor Jolan Hsieh / Bavaragh Dagalomai (Siraya)
    National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan

    Dr Jolan Hsieh is a Professor of Ethnic Relations and Cultures, and the Director of the Center of International Indigenous Affairs at the College of Indigenous Studies, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. Jolan has served with many national/regional/international organizations as an Indigenous scholar and activist. Her professional services include: Advisor to the Presidential Office’s Indigenous Historical Justice and Transitional Justice Committee and Convenor of the Reconciliation Subcommittee; and co-Chair of World Indigenous Nationals Higher Education Consortium.

    Jolan is active in Indigenous language and cultural revitalization movements and critiques Indigenous policies. Throughout her academic and professional experiences, she has focused on research examining the topic of social (in)justice linked to human rights and activism. Her research areas are Law and Society, Human Rights, Identity Politics, Global Indigenous Studies, Gender/Ethnicity/Class, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Research and Ethics.

    In Asia, only Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines explicitly recognized the existence of Indigenous peoples on their territories. Yet, Taiwan is a very special and interesting case. Excluded from the UN as a state (the PRC representing China at the international level), Taiwan has nonetheless been represented by Indigenous groups at UN events for the rights of indigenous peoples. In this keynote, Professor Hsieh will speak from an advocacy perspective that responds to Indigenous (in)justice and the demands of Indigenous rights for transitional justice and reconciliation.

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    Peter-Lucas Jones (Te Aupōuri, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāti Kahu)
    Te Hiku Media, Aotearoa New Zealand

    Peter-Lucas (Te Aupōuri, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāti Kahu) is the Chief Executive Officer of Te Hiku Media and an experienced governor in the Māori media eco-system. He is the Chair of Te Whakaruruhau o ngā Reo Irirangi Māori, Chairman of Te Rūnanga Nui o Te Aupōuri, Deputy Chair of Māori Television, and an advisory board member of Te Pūnaha Matatini, a Centre of Research Excellence for Complex Systems.

    As a trusted kaitiaki of Māori data, Peter-Lucas negotiates the responsibility of protecting iwi and Māori data while meeting the needs of funders and the expectations of iwi and hapū. Peter-Lucas has terrestrial and digital broadcasting experience, working with kaumātua and marae to record and provide access to te reo ā-iwi, tikanga ā-iwi, kōrero tuku iho and iwi history.

    This experience has seen the development of a Kaitiakitanga License for Te Hiku Media that provides a framework to guide the use of Māori data from a haukāinga perspective.  Peter-Lucas will discuss some of the work Te Hiku Media has been involved in, including the Papa Reo project, a multilingual language platform grounded in Indigenous knowledge and ways of thinking powered by cutting-edge data science. It will highlight the importance of sovereignty over data, platforms, and technologies and provide examples of how Te Hiku Media is challenging some of the issues Indigenous communities have been facing.

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    National and global responses to climate change tend to reflect a narrow focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. However, the origins of climate change and other ecological crises lie in the disruption of essential relationships driven by systems of colonialism and capitalism. Our responses must not reinscribe the same exploitative power dynamics – instead we must centre climate justice and relational restoration. In this keynote, Rhys will outline a vision of planetary health that is grounded in Indigenous worldviews, values and knowledges, and discuss critical tensions in working towards this vision. Navigating these tensions requires a commitment to dismantling systems that uphold the ecocidal status quo, restoring Indigenous sovereignty and rebuilding relationships among human and more-than-human communities.

    Associate Professor Rhys Jones is a Public Health Physician and Associate Professor in Te Kupenga Hauora Māori (TKHM) at the University of Auckland (NZ) where he contributes to oversight of Māori Health teaching, learning and assessment in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences. In 2005-06, he was a Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy based at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, examining interventions to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in health care using organizational case studies. His research areas are Māori health, Health equity, Health professional education, Environmental health, and Climate change and health

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