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Distributed Truth-Telling: A Model for Moral Revolution and Epistemic Justice in Australia
The Distributed Truth-Telling Model Authors Nicolas J Bullot, Stephen W Enciso Abstract This article provides a philosophical response to the need for truth-telling about colonial history, focusing on the Australian context. The response consists in inviting philosophers and the public to engage in social-justice practices specified by a model called Distributed Truth-Telling (DTT), which integrates the historiography of injustices affecting Indigenous peoples with insights f

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Apr 61 min read


Voice: A Third Space in Archaeology to Advance Indigenous Emancipation
Authors Kellie Pollard, Craig Taylor, Nicolas J. Bullot, Stephen W. Enciso, Oscar Davis, Claire Smith Abstract We discuss the standpoint theory of Indigenism and introduce its principles as relevant to the philosophy of research with, by, and for, Indigenous people. This philosophy is a pillar of Indigenist archaeology since it is a core basis of theorising methods of Indigenous epistemology. We introduce the concept of a ‘third space’ and discuss its purpose as the critique

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Nov 5, 20251 min read


The Right of the River to Be Known: Epistemic Reparations, Environmental Justice, and Indigenous Truth-Telling about Custodial Group Agents
Authors Stephen W. Enciso and Nicolas J. Bullot Abstract The ‘right to be known’ has traditionally been interpreted from a human-centric and individualistic perspective unsuitable for resolving the environmental crises of our epoch. Given the political need to raise collective awareness about the inter-connectedness of the human and more-than-human worlds, we establish a dialogue between Indigenous and Western philosophies about the rights of more-than-human entities to be kn

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Sep 26, 20251 min read
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