Indigenous Women's Voices: 20 Years on from Linda Tuhiwai Smiths Decolonizing Methodologies

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This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. When Linda Tuhiwai Smiths Decolonizing Methodologies was first published, it ignited a passion for research change that respected Indigenous peoples and knowledges, and campaigned to reclaim Indigenous ways of knowing and being. At a time when Indigenous voices were profoundly marginalised, the book advocated for an Indigenous viewpoint which represented a daily struggle to be heard, and to find its place in academia. Twenty years on, this collection celebrates the breadth and depth of how Indigenous writers are shaping the decolonizing research world today. With contributions from Indigenous female researchers, this collection offers the much needed academic space to distinguish methodological approaches, and overcome the novelty confines of being marginal voices.

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This collection is an excellent example of the intention of Decolonizing Methodologies. We must live the work, we must internalise the work, and we must find ways to make the work our own based on our identities, our experiences, our communities, and the land where we are from. This collection of essays provides an extensive range of examples across numerous disciplines where Indigenous women are doing just that. * International Review of Education here *
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples written by Linda Tuhiwai Smith is a seminal text that changed the way in which Indigenous research is contextualised in higher education. The editors, Emma Lee and Jennifer Evans have skilfully compiled a series of essays that pay tribute to Smiths work and in doing so demonstrate the longevity of influence and impact this work continues to have. The volume includes contributions from Aboriginal, First Nations, Maori and Smi scholars opening with a forward by Linda Tuhiwai Smith herself and finishing with reflections from Palawa scholar Maggie Walter. The collection of essays is a celebration as much as it constitutes a scholarly text. The essays provide messages of Indigenous womens strength and endurance, love and joy. The collection speaks of Country and connections, of the difficult and complex navigation of colonial structures forced upon us and of our own wisdom and knowledge that sustains us to do this work. The book is not only a tribute to Linda Tuhiwai Smiths work, it is a tribute to Indigenous women across the globe and their tenacity to survive and build a legacy in the academy. * Bronwyn Carlson, Professor and Head of the Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University, Australia *

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Linda Tuhiwai Smith is Vice-Chancellor with responsibilities for Maori development at the University of Waikato, as well as Dean of the School of Maori and Pacific Development. Dr Emma Lee is a Trawlwulwuy woman of Tebrakunna country, north-east Tasmania, Australia. Her research fields over the last 25 years have focused on Indigenous affairs, land and sea management, natural and cultural resources, regional development, policy and governance of Australian regulatory environments. Dr Jen Evans is a Queer Dharug woman with dual connections to Dharug and palawa country. She is an Aboriginal Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania whose research an advocacy blends technology, country and queerness to create safe spaces for Indigenous methodological work.