The philosophy of Mōkū Te Ao challenges the New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) Te Riu Roa, Aotearoa to centre tamariki Māori (Māori children) in its work. In recent years, NZEI…
Pacific Peoples
Islands of Indigenous innovation: Reclaiming and reconceptualising innovation within, against and beyond colonial-capitalism
By: Suliasi Vunibola (the Pacific case studies was conducted by Suliasi Vunibola which is now connected to Indigenous climate resilience research -including Inidigneous innovation). Mathew Scobie as the co-author did the Māori case studies and we wrote this article together.
Published: 2022-04-04
From Vision Mātauranga and Callaghan, to Silicon Valley and billionaire space races, ‘innovation’ is becoming a placeholder for particular conceptions of progress. The concept is almost exclusively, however, associated with…