Whose Knowledge Counts?
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- Paperback
- Release Date
1 October 2026
Summary
Knowledge takes many forms, but not all are valued equally. Pounamu Jade Aikman shows how particular ways of knowing underpin life in Aotearoa, to the exclusion of others. Ranging from Foucault to Spock to school lunches, he traces the marginalisation of Indigenous knowledge. He also looks at its impact on our economy, prisons, politics and constitutional relationships, asking – are we caught in the holodeck?
Challenging, optimistic and ever curious, this Text asks why whose knowledge…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781991301871 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1991301871 |
| Author: | Pounamu Jade William Emery Aikman |
| Publisher: | Bridget Williams Books |
| Imprint: | Bridget Williams Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2026 |
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Pounamu Jade William Emery Aikman
Dr. Pounamu Jade William Emery Aikman (Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Wairere, Ngāti Awa, Ngai Te Rangi, Ngāti Uenukukopako, Ngāti Tarawhai) is an independent scholar working at the intersections of Indigenous sovereignties, epistemologies, and criminal justice.
He completed his PhD at The Australian National University in 2019 and was a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University in 2022. He is the author of Terra in Our Mist: A Tuhoe Narrative of Indigenous Sovereignty and Settler-State Violence, published by ANU Press in June 2026, and co-leader of the 2025-28 Marsden-funded project Tiaki Tane, examining causes of youth offending among young Māori men.
He was the 2025 Emerging Māori Writer in Residence at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.
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