decolonizing methodologies by linda tuhiwai smith

It is so powerful that indigenous people even write poetry about research. When mentioned in many indigenous contexts, it stirs up silence, it conjures up bad memories, it raises a smile that is knowing and distrustful. The word itself, ‘research’, is probably one of the dirtiest words in the indigenous world’s vocabulary. “From the vantage point of the colonized, a position from which I write, and choose to privilege, the term ‘research’ is inextricably linked to European imperialism and colonialism. Linda is a daughter, a sister and cousin, a mother and aunt and a grandmother in an extended family.more

She has also been active in establishing Maori educational initiatives from early childhood to higher education, was an inaugural co-Director of the Maori Research Centre of Excellence, Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga, and is currently the Director of the Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato.

She has been President of NZARE the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, a member of the Tertiary Education Advisory Commission, a member of the Health Research Council and Chair of the Maori Health Committee, Chair of the Social Sciences Panel of the Marsden Council and member of the Constitutional Review Panel. Professor Smith has served on a number of New Zealand's national bodies. She has worked with a number of Maori scholars most notably her husband Professor Graham Hingangaroa Smith. Her other publications canvass a wide range of academic disciplines. Her 1998 book Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples has become a seminal text in indigenous studies. She is well known for her publications, public speaking and research leadership. Professor Smith has an academic background in education and research and has a long career as an inter-disciplinary scholar. Professor Smit Professor Smith is Pro Vice-Chancellor Maori with responsibilities for Maori development at the University of Waikato as well as Dean of the School of Maori and Pacific Development and a professor of Education and Maori Development. Professor Smith is Pro Vice-Chancellor Maori with responsibilities for Maori development at the University of Waikato as well as Dean of the School of Maori and Pacific Development and a professor of Education and Maori Development.

Decolonizing methodologies by linda tuhiwai smith