Walking backwards into the future: Prophecy as an approach for embedding Indigenous values in tertiary education

Rangiwai, Byron

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2021-06-23
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Rangiwai, B. (2021). Walking backwards into the future: Prophecy as an approach for embedding Indigenous values in tertiary education. Te Kaharoa: The eJournal on Indigenous Pacific Issues, 17(1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.24135/tekaharoa.v17i1.360
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Abstract
Indigenous peoples understand time differently to Pākehā (Rangiwai, 2021a). Mahuika (2010) maintains that the notion of walking backwards into the future is a common one for Māori and other people of the Pacific. Roberts (2005) opines, “It is often said that Māori are a people who “walk backwards into the future,” [Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua] an aphorism that highlights the importance of seeking to understand the present and make informed decisions about the future through reference to the past” (p. 8).
Ngā Upoko Tukutuku (Māori Subject Headings):
Akonga, Kura tuatoru
Keywords:
Aotearoa, New Zealand, Māori students, tertiary education, Māori prophecy, prophecy, Te Kooti, (1830?-1893), Te Umutaoroa model, Patuheuheu, sense of time, Māori perspectives, time
ANZSRC Field of Research:
130310 Māori Education (excl. Early Childhood and Primary Education), 130103 Higher Education, 200207 Māori Cultural Studies
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