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Talanoa vā

Indigenous masculinities and the intersections of indigeneity, race, and gender within higher education

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ID21556022
AuthorsDavid Taufui Mikato Fa‘avae (0000-0002-6141-961X, University of Waikato, corresponding author), D Hernandez (0000-0001-5269-3978, Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand), Arcia Tecun (Anthropology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand), Sione Siu’ulua (Ethnomusicology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand), S Ata Siu‘ulua (University of Auckland)
Year2022
Volume41
Issue4
Pages1075-1088
Publication date2022-06-07
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHigher Education Research & Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0729-4360 • E-ISSN: 1469-8366
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07294360.2021.1882402
OpenAlexW3130940993
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited21

Indigenous scholars constantly contend with deficit tendencies associated with the value and place of their cultural knowledge and practices within higher education. When gender is imbued through a racialised view of indigeneity or the indigenous scholar, the proposition of ‘other’ and ‘othering’ becomes a struggle of power relations which necessarily shapes the critical encounters in higher education spaces. This article utilises ‘talanoa vā’, a Pacific indigenous critical analytical framework for understanding how academics comprehend indigenous masculinities through negotiating and interrogating the intersections of indigeneity, race, and gender. Captured through talanoa, we story our lived experiences as Pacific and indigenous scholars within New Zealand universities. We argue that, although ‘indigenous or indigeneity’ discourses have inspired and empowered minority scholars, utilising Pacific concepts enables a closer interrogation and negotiation of indigenous masculinities centred on spirituality and good relations, which is often overlooked when considering race, gender, colourism, and power within university settings

Critical race theory · Indigenous · Interrogation · Negotiation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Spirituality · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Highly citedNo

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