Calling forth our pasts, citing our futures: an envisioning of a Kaupapa Māori citational practice

Abstract

This paper explores how we, three wähine Mäori, are moving through citational practice—who, how, and why we cite. Stemming from a refusal to recirculate settler colonial ideologies in doctoral research, we consider what it means to cite as Mäori. In centring whakapapa, we conceptualise citations as extensions of our relational world and as a way we can acknowledge and nurture the intergenerational relationships that constitute who we are, and how we come to know. Citation is an expression of whanaungatanga. We draw from Kaupapa Mäori and think alongside research ethics offered by Moana Jackson to envision a Kaupapa Mäori citational practice, one that calls forth past and future generations—citing the futures we desire.