Islands of Indigenous innovation: reclaiming and reconceptualising innovation within, against and beyond colonial-capitalism

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Journal Article
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Publisher
Informa UK Limited
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Language
en
Date
2022
Authors
Vunibola S
Scobie, Matthew
Abstract

From Vision Mātauranga and Callaghan, to Silicon Valley and billionaire space races, ‘innovation’ is becoming a placeholder for particular conceptions of progress. The concept is almost exclusively, however, associated with capitalist innovation for profit. This dominant and exclusionary framing has the effect of obscuring innovative knowledge and practices that occur outside of colonial-capitalism. This study places the concept of innovation under a critical Indigenous lens to rethink and reclaim innovation as a crucial aspect of Indigeneity, within-and-against, and beyond the colonial-capital relation. We provide two mini qualitative case studies of Indigenous innovation within-and-against and beyond colonial-capitalism from across the vast historical and contemporary scope of Te Moana-nui-a-kiwa. Together these cases extend Indigenous innovation to include collective struggle for collective wellbeing. In doing so, this study creates diverse theoretical and empirical space for a past, present and future of Indigenous innovation.

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Citation
Vunibola S, Scobie M Islands of Indigenous innovation: reclaiming and reconceptualising innovation within, against and beyond colonial-capitalism. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 1-14.
Keywords
indigenous, innovation, case study, Pacific, Māori
Ngā upoko tukutuku/Māori subject headings
Nga Upoko Tukutuku / Maori Subject Headings::Ohaoha | Economics::Umanga | Business::Pakihi | Business enterprises; Enterprises, Business; Firms
ANZSRC fields of research
Fields of Research::35 - Commerce, management, tourism and services::3507 - Strategy, management and organisational behaviour::350705 - Innovation management
Fields of Research::45 - Indigenous studies::4511 - Ngā tāngata, te porihanga me ngā hapori o te Māori (Māori peoples, society and community)::451117 - Te whakahaere o te Māori (Māori management)
Fields of Research::45 - Indigenous studies::4518 - Pacific Peoples society and community::451815 - Pacific Peoples management
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