Indigenous Cultures

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

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

Authors Francis D. Darko, Collethy K. Jaru, Iriana F. d. J. Ximenes, Nicolas J. Bullot, Stephen W. Enciso Abstract The study draws on research by Indigenous and social archaeologists, Indigenist scholars, and philosophers to expose forms of ignorance caused by racialization. Indigenous doctoral students from Ghana, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste decided to partner with two non-Indigenous philosophers to share narratives—“storyworks” (Archibald 2008)—aimed at exposing racia