Overview
Students will explore how Indigenous values inform governance processes, development strategies and future planning for Indigenous peoples. Discussion of key case studies and a research module will deepen understandings of Indigenous strategy.
This paper engages with ideas of Indigenous development, governance and ethics through learning about how cultural, social, environmental and economic variables work towards effecting intergenerational development for Indigenous peoples. In this course, students will build skills in identifying problems and finding solutions for Indigenous governance and ethics through discussions of key case studies from the Māori, Pacific and wider Indigenous worlds. Student assessment will focus on a research case study and/or topic of the student's choosing at the beginning of the course. Students will then formulate clear research questions explore indigenous scholarship, and engage in discussion with their peers in order to examine issues of development, governance and ethics in their chosen case study. This will culminate in a final research essay.
About this paper
| Paper title | Indigenous Governance and Ethics |
|---|---|
| Subject | Indigenous Studies |
| EFTS | 0.1500 |
| Points | 18 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2026 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,103.10 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Prerequisite
- One 200-level MAOR or PACI paper
- Restriction
- INDV 301
- Schedule C
- Arts and Music
- Notes
- May not be credited together with MAOR310 passed in 2013 or 2014.
- Contact
- More information link
- View more information on the Te Tumu website
- Teaching staff
To be advised
- Teaching Arrangements
This paper is taught on Campus.
- Textbooks
Course readings will be available on Blackboard.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Lifelong learning, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Environmental literacy, Research, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this paper will:
- Critically analyse, evaluate and debate ideas and issues surrounding the construction of space and place in development (drawn from a number of academic disciplines)
- Engage with a number of case studies and development practices relevant to the Māori, Pacific and Indigenous domain
- Acquire skills of analysis and presentation of information, both orally and in writing
- Undertake research and provide appropriate discussions and analysis of the results
- Demonstrate an ability to prepare and present readings in class and lead discussion in the key themes of each reading
- Assessment details
100% internally assessed.