781: Charting the Course for Decolonization – Feasible Future or Puzzling Paradox (19053)

Following a surge of new Indigenous-related research over the past decade (Salmon et al., 2022) and widespread efforts within the academe to decolonize, Indigenize, and rematriate research (Newcomb, 1995; Smith, 1999; Banerjee & Linstead, 2004; Colbourne et al., 2020; Gray, 2022; Price & Hartt, 2023), teaching (Tuck, 2011; Hrenyk & Salmon, Forthcoming) and the institution of business education more generally (Bastien et al., 2022; Woods et al., 2022; Price et al., 2022), this PDW aims to bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to discuss pathways to decolonization. The workshop will also provide opportunities for Indigenous and Indigenous engaged scholars to share and build on their knowledge, experience and professional networks. Indigenous-related efforts within the management academe frequently impose Western knowledge systems and structures on Indigenous peoples and contexts (Bastien et al., 2022; Doucette et al., 2021; Bell et al., 2017). As a result, when business schools seek to decolonize and indigenize the academy, they frequently employ performative and tokenistic approaches that fail to create supportive and safe spaces for Indigenous students and scholars to thrive in ways that are inclusive of Indigenous knowledge and practices (Bastien et al., 2022; Scobie et al., 2021; Staniland et al., 2021). Emphasizing Indigenous agency, knowledge, relational practices and strengths, this workshop, guided by Indigenous scholars, will build upon the momentum and interest expressed within the first Indigenous Research PDW held in Boston in 2023. Specifically, we will focus on decolonization efforts and engage in collaborative conversations with participants to discuss opportunities to pursue decolonial institutional change in teaching, research, and practice.

No registration is necessary, and we welcome all individuals interested in Indigenization/decolonization to attend and actively participate in the workshop. To facilitate meaningful discussion, we kindly request that attendees come prepared by reading a minimum of two (2) articles from the following list (listed alphabetically): Bastien, F., Foster, W. M., & Coraiola, D. M. 2023. Indigenous Peoples and Organization Studies. Organization Studies, 44(4): 659–675 Gaudry, A., & Lorenz, D. 2018. Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 14(3): 218-227. Gray, R. R. (2022). Rematriation: Ts' msyen law, rights of relationality, and protocols of return. Native American and Indigenous Studies, 9(1), 1-27. Tuck, E., & Yang, K. W. 2012. Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1): 1-40.