Conference presentation
Decolonising Australian doctoral education beyond the pandemic: Foregrounding Indigenous knowledge approaches
Biennial SOTL in the South Conference, 3rd (Online, 22-Nov-2021–26-Nov-2021)
2021
Appears in COVID-19 Research
Abstract
Global doctoral education has been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the #BlackLivesMatter movement, which have drawn attention to the vast inequities faced by black, cultural minority and Indigenous peoples. These developments have focused urgent attention on the need to de-homogenise Australian doctoral education. Australian universities have been very slow to create recognition and accreditation programs for First Nations and transcultural (migrant, refugee and international candidates’) knowledge systems, histories, geographies, languages and cultural practices in doctoral education. A body of significant research investigates Australian universities’ education of Indigenous and transcultural doctoral candidates. However, few scholars have sought to trace the links between individual personal doctoral candidate life histories and the large-scale Australian government policy trends. This paper draws upon the Indigenous knowledge global decolonization praxis framework and de Sousa Santos’ theories about cognitive justice and epistemologies of the South to fill this gap. This future project will conduct an international policy analysis, life histories and time mapping to implement key Indigenous knowledge approaches in Australia doctoral education. This paper will critically explore the application of three core First Nations knowledge approaches – the agency of Country, the power of Story and intergenerational, iterative and intercultural knowledges – to Australian doctoral education.
Details
- Title
- Decolonising Australian doctoral education beyond the pandemic: Foregrounding Indigenous knowledge approaches
- Authors
- Catherine Manathunga (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre - LegacyJing Qi (Author) - RMIT UniversityMaria Raciti (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre - LegacyKathryn Gilbey (Author) - Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary EducationSue Stanton (Author) - Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary EducationMichael Singh (Author) - Western Sydney UniversityTracey Bunda (Author) - The University of QueenslandShireen Motala (Author) - University of JohannesburgWenquin Shen (Author) - Beijing University of Technology
- Conference details
- Biennial SOTL in the South Conference, 3rd (Online, 22-Nov-2021–26-Nov-2021)
- Date published
- 2021
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99579107302621
- Output Type
- Conference presentation
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