Abstract
As educators and practitioners reflect on the relatively young lifespan of the United States higher education system, it is important to take this opportunity to explore and rethink our country’s systems of knowledge production. Currently many of the approaches within the United States rely heavily on Western European epistemologies. Through exploration of narrative and its influence on indigenous epistemologies, we hope to challenge and expand the Western emphasis on the empirical way of knowing. We will learn from the epistemologies of three indigenous communities: Hawaii, New Zealand, and the continental United States. We will examine the creation of worldviews, knowledge production, and the philosophy of Aloha.
Recommended Citation
Cook, A. L., & Kwist, S. T. (2006). Living Knowledge Production: Indigenous Approaches and Intersections in Higher Education. The Vermont Connection, 27(1). https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/tvc/vol27/iss1/6