Tag: Indigenous knowledge
Bid to protect Pacific indigenous knowledge in the global digital space
By Ema Ganivatu and Brittany Nawaqatabu in Suva
A recent webinar hosted by the Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) brought together minds from across the...
Background to SCORI – is this a sell-out of Pacific’s ‘Sea...
By concerned citizens of the Pacific
The signing of the memorandum of understanding between the University of the South Pacific's vice-chancellor and president, Professor Pal...
‘Call it what it is – climate crisis, not just change,’...
By Susana Suisuiki, RNZ Pacific journalist
An Aotearoa New Zealand-based Fijian professor of Pacific studies says the increase in the frequency of natural disasters and...
Are New Zealand’s universities doing enough to define the limits of...
ANALYSIS: By Matheson Russell, University of Auckland
The news last week that University of Auckland public health researcher Dr Simon Thornley was retracting a co-authored...
‘Don’t fudge with our future’, Māori climate activist warns COP26
Māori climate activist India Logan-Riley speaking on the indigenous challenge to the "colonial project" at the COP26 opening ... “In the US and Canada...
Hawai’ian sovereignty activist and UH educator Haunani-Kay Trask dies at 71
By Mark Ladao in Honolulu
Dr Haunani-Kay Trask, a Hawai'ian leader and sovereignty activist with a distinguished career as an academic at the University of...
Indigenous peoples in Indonesia still struggle for equality after 75 years
By Fidelis Eka Satriastanti, The Conversation
Indigenous people fought alongside youth movements in the creation of an Indonesian nation. But, in the historical writing of...
Indigenous people spearhead the fight to save the planet
By Imelda V. Abano in Manila
Indigenous people across the world are disproportionately affected by climate change. They are also leading movements to protect our...
Climate change research aims to give back Pacific’s ‘sustainable voice’
Pacific Media Watch
A University of Waikato researcher says some of the current colonial representations of climate change in the Pacific are obscuring Pacific voices...
