Indigenisation and Indigenous inclusion

28 Mar 2023

Associate Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins and Professor Alison Jones discuss how taking an indigenisation approach to education, as opposed to the more commonly promoted indigenous inclusion approach, might offer more hopeful possibilities for education as we continue to think about our obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. They build on the ideas presented in their 2021 article on this topic, to explore how the eight points they identified as characterising thinking and practice as universities attempt to make the turn from indigenous inclusion towards indigenisation, might relate to the school context.

About the presenters

Associate Professor Te Kawehau Hoskins

Te Kawehau Hoskins (Ngāti Hau, Ngāpuhi) is Pro Vice-Chancellor Māori at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. She holds a PhD in Indigenous Studies, a Master of Education (First Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts in Māori Studies and Education from Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland, as well as a Level 7 Diploma in Te Reo Kairangi from Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Te Kawehau’s research interests include indigenous-Māori political philosophy, the politics and ethics of indigenous-settler relations, and The Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti) in educational governance and policy.

Emeritus Professor Alison Jones, MNZM

Alison Jones is Emeritus Professor at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. She works in the general field of sociology of education, and her books and articles have focused on a diverse range of social and political sites including feminist theory, an ethnography of Pacific Islands girls’ schooling, and social anxiety about touching children. Her most recent work is on the complexities of Māori-Pakeha educational relationships, in their origins in the early 19th century and in their present configurations. She leads Te Akoranga Kairangi, a professional learning programme that focuses on accurate historical knowledge about te Tiriti o Waitangi.

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