MAI Review, 2008, 3, Writing Workshop 6
“ASK THE PROFESSOR” about … ’COLONISED WRITING’
“ASK THE PROFESSOR” about … ’COLONISED WRITING’
Abstract
A recent conversation with some Māori students reminded me of a common anxiety:
“I am worried that in writing my thesis I will become more ‘colonised’ in my thinking, because I have to conform to western academic conventions. My Māori being will get lost”.
“I am worried that in writing my thesis I will become more ‘colonised’ in my thinking, because I have to conform to western academic conventions. My Māori being will get lost”.
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