Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 28, 2023 10:37:38 GMT 12
Peter Schwerdtfeger, John Raine and David Lillis: IS THE DECOLONISATION AND INDIGENISATION MOVEMENT DIVIDING OUR COUNTRY?
Probably, there are more than 5,000 indigenous knowledge systems in the world. Postmodernists should ask themselves why Kaupapa Māori, with all its mythological aspects, should be preferred over all other indigenous knowledge systems, and whether Mātauranga Māori should be incorporated within the science institutions of other nations.
Moreover, and undeniably for those who can think in a rational way, science is a universal knowledge system [15]. It is there for everybody - Māori and Pakeha alike! Science has developed over millennia and many cultures have contributed to it. It is always open to question, new discovery, and debate. Decolonising the sciences makes no sense! Chemistry, physics and mathematics do not need any decolonisation. Instead, we need great ideas to further advance science and to address, for example, the climate change problem we face today. Therefore, we need more science education in our schools; not less. And, it makes no sense to condemn our greatest scientists, such as Ernest Rutherford, as colonisers. They should be celebrated instead. Teaching and understanding basic science is neither imperialistic nor an indoctrination of the people who first arrived in this country.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/peter-schwerdtfeger-john-raine-and.html
Probably, there are more than 5,000 indigenous knowledge systems in the world. Postmodernists should ask themselves why Kaupapa Māori, with all its mythological aspects, should be preferred over all other indigenous knowledge systems, and whether Mātauranga Māori should be incorporated within the science institutions of other nations.
Moreover, and undeniably for those who can think in a rational way, science is a universal knowledge system [15]. It is there for everybody - Māori and Pakeha alike! Science has developed over millennia and many cultures have contributed to it. It is always open to question, new discovery, and debate. Decolonising the sciences makes no sense! Chemistry, physics and mathematics do not need any decolonisation. Instead, we need great ideas to further advance science and to address, for example, the climate change problem we face today. Therefore, we need more science education in our schools; not less. And, it makes no sense to condemn our greatest scientists, such as Ernest Rutherford, as colonisers. They should be celebrated instead. Teaching and understanding basic science is neither imperialistic nor an indoctrination of the people who first arrived in this country.....
breakingviewsnz.blogspot.com/2023/12/peter-schwerdtfeger-john-raine-and.html