How geography must rethink its representation of Indigenous ways of being
In short: A Kwakwaka’wakw scholar's analysis of two different knowledge spaces found that legitimizing Indigenous ontologies within geography requires destabilizing current academic frameworks. By comparing experiences at a geography conference and a potlatch, the researcher explores how colonial relations continue to shape how geographic knowledge is produced and understood.
The study examines how western academic structures often struggle to recognize Indigenous ways of knowing. The author argues that making these ontologies legible requires changing the representational strategies used to engage with them.
This qualitative analysis is based on the author's narrative accounts of participating in two distinct settings. However, the findings are rooted in personal, embodied experiences rather than a broad empirical survey.
Why it matters: Academic geography must rethink its representational strategies to truly recognize Indigenous ways of being.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Research: Hunt (2013). Ontologies of Indigeneity: the politics of embodying a concept. Cultural Geographies.
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