Post by Kiwi Frontline on May 11, 2021 13:03:24 GMT 12
HERE’S A LETTER TO THE EDITOR YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED ON SCIENCE AND HOW IT SHOULD BE SHAPED BY THE TREATY AND SPIRITUALITY
Scimex drew our attention around two weeks ago to news that Māori researchers were calling for a Tiriti-led science-policy approach.
A multi-disciplinary group of Māori researchers – most of them from the humanities – had published a report which recommended the appointments of Māori Chief Science Advisors and the development of Treaty-based guidelines for science and innovation funding.
In other words, scientists should have their funding chopped off if they don’t subscribe to the authors’ ideas about how the Treaty should play a role in this country’s science and innovation systems.
They wrote that the way scientists and policymakers work with each other left little room for Māori participation or leadership, although it seems they have been doing nicely, thank you, with their own careers.
But they were championing a different way of working and said the Treaty of Waitangi offers a “powerful framework” for connecting communities of knowledge that are mutually beneficial.
Other recommendations over the medium term include establishing an independent Mātauranga Māori entity, and developing regionally based Te Ao Māori policy hubs.
One definition is that Matauranga Maori.....
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2021/05/09/heres-a-letter-to-the-editor-you-might-have-missed-on-science-and-how-it-should-be-shaped-by-the-treaty-and-spirituality/?fbclid=IwAR387aTuWO3-9RiVh-YcKM0lCCyxnQf9SpC9jK73cozak5B3uK_ioD49Jlo
Scimex drew our attention around two weeks ago to news that Māori researchers were calling for a Tiriti-led science-policy approach.
A multi-disciplinary group of Māori researchers – most of them from the humanities – had published a report which recommended the appointments of Māori Chief Science Advisors and the development of Treaty-based guidelines for science and innovation funding.
In other words, scientists should have their funding chopped off if they don’t subscribe to the authors’ ideas about how the Treaty should play a role in this country’s science and innovation systems.
They wrote that the way scientists and policymakers work with each other left little room for Māori participation or leadership, although it seems they have been doing nicely, thank you, with their own careers.
But they were championing a different way of working and said the Treaty of Waitangi offers a “powerful framework” for connecting communities of knowledge that are mutually beneficial.
Other recommendations over the medium term include establishing an independent Mātauranga Māori entity, and developing regionally based Te Ao Māori policy hubs.
One definition is that Matauranga Maori.....
pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2021/05/09/heres-a-letter-to-the-editor-you-might-have-missed-on-science-and-how-it-should-be-shaped-by-the-treaty-and-spirituality/?fbclid=IwAR387aTuWO3-9RiVh-YcKM0lCCyxnQf9SpC9jK73cozak5B3uK_ioD49Jlo