#BecauseOfLindaTuhiwaiSmith I began my journey back to te ao Māori. I read her Decolonizing Methodologies as a new doctoral student and it challenged my thoughts about myself. It challenged me to think about anthropological research and theory. (1/4)
It was #BecauseOfLindaTuhiwaiSmith that I began to recognise the myriad ways colonialism shaped my perception and understanding of the world. It was the provocation to begin decolonizing myself. (2/4)