Indigenous Autoethnography Illuminating Maori Voices

This book opens new pathways for decolonial autoethnography, presented as a series of reflective stories that showcase how Maori have negotiated and navigated their personal and professional identities within contemporary society. Framed within the academic methodology of Indigenous Autoethnography, authors recount their personal and professional experiences to address their encounters with cultural trauma and personal enlightenment. As a culturally responsive methodology, Indigenous Autoethnography embraces reflective practice and critical awakening to validate Indigenous knowledge, ensuring that it remains meaningful and responsive to the needs of Maori. Utilising metaphorical storytelling as a primary means of sensemaking, this work reinforces the importance of Maori and other Indigenous People to seek wisdom from the past to guide them into the future. With Indigenous knowledge historically ignored and misrepresented in higher education, this seminal text provides invaluable guidance for global Indigenous researchers seeking to produce story work that genuinely encompasses physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Indigenous Autoethnography Handbook.- Chapter 2: Me aro koe ki te ha o Hine-ahu-one.- Chapter 3: Ko Wai Tenei?.- Chapter 4: “F*** You I Won't Do What You Tell Me”.- Chapter 5: Wisdom is Universal.- Chapter 6: Waipuna-a-Raki.- Chapter 7: A Chant to Ancestral Landscapes.- Chapter 8: Identity Matters.- Chapter 9: Growing up in Aotearoa as Maori in the Education System.- Chapter 10: The Shroud of Whiteness.