The Tīpuna Project is a UK AHRC-funded collaboration between Rachel and Dr Teah Carlson (Te Whānau-a-Apanui, Ngāti Porou, Waikato-Tainui) to experiment with the decolonial possibilities of communing with Indigenous and settler ancestors. Over three years, one Māori and one Pākehā collective of co-researchers will move through (1) a Titiro (Looking) phase of learning practices for communing with our Indigenous or settler ancestors respectively, (2) a Whakarongo (Listening) phase of undertaking a ‘participatory action research’ (PAR) project with our ancestors to contribute somehow to decolonisation and (3) a Kōrero (Speaking) phase of hosting a space for the public to engage their ancestors as a move toward decolonial dialogue and action. The project overall is being radically evaluated in terms of the decolonial possibilities and complexities of including ancestors as co-researchers in PAR.

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