The challenges of and from indigenous geographies

A Companion to Social Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 472-489

  Coombes, Brad ^a   Gombay, Nicole ^b   Johnson, Jay T ^c   Shaw, Wendy S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Challenges, of and from indigenous geographies; Emergence of subtle inflections in meaning redefining autochthony and indigeneity; Geographers, and importance of stories discipline selectively writes the world into being, epistemological and teleological terms of reference; Indigenous peoples, and habitual case studies neo colonial excess, or of heroic resistance; Indigenous, complicating and transforming neo colonial practice critical development theory highlighting resilience, indigenous governance and social systems; Open ended methods, scope for informal storytelling plural and unpredictable outcomes of cross cultural engagement; Stories told, challenge being to understand how and why narratives are silenced; Storytelling as transcultural research deconstruction of discipline, positive reflection on grounds for commonality between geographical and indigenous practices; telling stories, rethinking place process embodying, codifying and solidifying ways of making sense of the world; Validation of indigenous geographies, far from complete three strands of geographic scholarship, possibility for new engagements with indigenous peoples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863281690     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444395211.ch27     Document Type: Chapter

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