Contemporary Ethnography Across Disciplines

Contemporary Ethnography Across Disciplines
Conference Abstracts

See Keynote Panel below:

Keynote Panel Discussion (90 mins)

Maintaining Balance in Research Climates for Indigenous Academics

Paul Whitinui (Chair), School of Maori and Indigenous Studies, University of Canterbury,

Christchurch

The four keynote speakers for this conference will speak on ways of Maintaining Balance in

Research Climates for Indigenous Academics. The conference committee has provided six

questions to help shape the nature and scope of the panel discussion. The questions for

consideration include:

1. How might one balance the cultural demands from indigenous scholars' host

communities with institutional demands from the dominant academic culture?

2. How do indigenous scholars maintain their own sense of community within their host

culture while working for mainstream academic institutions?

3. How does privilege work into establishing a viable research climate in "the

academy"?

4. What is your concept/notion of reciprocity in doing research? What notion should we

strive for as academics?

5. As an academic, how do you manage institutional positioning of yourself as "the

other"?

6. How have things changed for indigenous scholars in academia since, roughly, the

new millennium?

Keynote Panel Speakers:

Rogelia Pe-Pua, The University of New South Wales, Head of School, School of Social

Sciences and International Studies

Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Professor of Indigenous Development, University of Auckland

Anoop Nayak, Professor in Social and Cultural Geography, University of Newcastle

Ruth Behar, Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan.