Disappeared, banished, murdered and displaced: Climate change or neoliberal capitalism? What is happening to indigenous communities in the 21st Century?
Featuring
- Welcome and Acknowledgement of the Territories: Mavis Underwood
- Running Wolves Drum Group from the Victoria Native Friendship Centre
- Introduction of Linda Tuhiwai Smith: Sarah Hunt (member of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation from the Kwagiulth community in Tsaxis and Scholar-in-Residence at Vancouver Island University)
ABOUT THE TALK
In the indigenous world it is difficult to ignore the scale and pervasiveness of on going colonialism, continuing displacement, the physical, social and cultural death of our women, our men and our children, our communities, languages and cultures. From Disappeared and murdered women, to high suicide rates, to forced closures of communities and environmental exile, many indigenous communities are struggling to stay alive while governments never seem to learn the lessons of past mistakes. This talk identifies a series of major displacements of indigenous populations across the Asia Pacific region, as well as discusses the policies of neoliberal indigeneity and how these policies and alliances across jurisdictions are leading to a new wave of displacement and exile of indigenous peoples.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Linda Tuhiwai Smith is Professor of Education and Māori Development, Pro-Vice Chancellor Māori and Dean of the School of Māori and Pacific Development as well as the founding Director for Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. She is the President of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, is a member of the Marsden Fund Council and Convener of the Social Sciences Assessment Panel, and is also a member of The Royal Society of New Zealand. Linda was also recently a member of the New Zealand’s Health Research Council and Chair of the Māori Health Research Committee. Last year Linda was made an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow and in 2013 was honoured in the New Zealand New Years Honours List – (CNZM) Companion of the Said Order for services to Maori and education. She has worked in the field of Māori Education and Health for many years as an educator and researcher and is well known for her work in Kaupapa Māori Research. Professor Smith has published widely in journals and books. Her book “Decolonising Methodologies Research and Indigenous Peoples” has been an international best seller in the indigenous world since its publication in 1998. Professor Smith was a founding Joint Director of New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence from 2002-2007 and a Professor of Education at the University of Auckland. She is well known internationally as a public speaker. Professor Smith is from two tribes or iwi in New Zealand, Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Porou.
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This Albert Hung Chao Hong lecture series talk was a keynote presentation of our 2015 "Migration and Late Capitalism" Conference held June 11-13, 2015, at the University of Victoria, Canada. More about the Hung lecture series: [ Ссылка ]
