Book Reviews: Tarumã, Waters that Speak Tarumã—A Legal Design and Visual Law Project Co-created by Law Students and the Chiquitano People: The Pollution of the Tarumã River and the Consequences on the Chiquitano People Giulia Parola and Margherita Paola Poto

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accomplished” (p. 275). They offer eight points for further reflection and action, towards the goals of generating both “greater appreciation of Māori scholars” and “a deeply sophisticated and decolonised twenty-first century science and education sector” (p. 276). Despite all the mamae (pain), loneliness and racism recalled in these chapters, the editors remain optimistic about the next generation. They return us to the notion of responsibility or duty: “forging spaces within the academy and research sector, throwing open doors, and disrupting the assumed norms of disciplines and institutional structures by being present, loud, and heard, are actions we are obliged to perform” (p. 279). Importantly, this work “cannot and should not be the work of Māori scholars alone” (p. 279). Pākehā and other tangata Tiriti—non-Māori living in New Zealand pursuant to the Treaty of Waitangi—must step up and heed these calls for recognition and action. The “resistant knowledge projects” detailed in this book are compelling, and their alternative visions for the future offer connection, hope, and strength through standing on the shoulders of one’s ancestors (p. 55). A book like this deserves not a mere review, but what philosopher Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò calls constructive politics, which, here, might mean a national, sector-wide commitment to anti-racist politics and education (Táíwò, 2022). Beyond changing the curriculum and decolonising our citation politics, we need to change the disciplines themselves, we need—in Táíwò’s words—to change the very people in the room where decisions are made.