20th Murdoch Colloquium on Philosophy and Indigenous Knowledges

The first event of its kind in Australia, the 20th Murdoch Colloquium on Philosophy and Indigenous Knowledges is all about dialogue between Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge systems. Bringing together scholars from Australasia and beyond, we are hoping to be part of a movement that fosters such dialogue well into the future.

Speakers include:

• Professor Anne Poelina (Chair of Indigenous Knowledges and Senior Research Fellow, Nulungu Research Institute, University of Notre Dame Australia)
• Professor Krushil Watene (Peter Kraus Associate Professor in Philosophy, University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau)
• Professor Rhonda Marriott (Director of Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University)
• Professor Clint Bracknell (Professor of Music, Conservatorium of Music UWA, Noongar Song-Maker and Composer, University of Western Australia)
• Professor Fiona Stanley (Distinguished Research Professor in the School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Patron Telethon Kids Institute)

The Colloquium is co-organised by  Murdoch’s School of Indigenous Knowledges and the Philosophy Program in the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. It forms part of the 2024 Congress of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and is co-sponsored by the Australasian Association of Philosophy and the Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy. 

Themes include the following: Comparisons between Indigenous and non-Indigenous forms of knowing and sources of knowledge; Creating meaningful dialogue between distinct knowledge systems (e.g. two-way science); Epistemic injustice and epistemic decolonization; Case-studies for co-producing knowledge and integrating traditional/western knowledges.