Inaction Is Also Action: Attempting To Address Päkehä Paralysis
Inaction Is Also Action: Attempting To Address Päkehä Paralysis
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不作为也是行动：尝试解决白种人瘫痪问题
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10.34074/scop.4009008
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2020
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J. Citizen
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作为一名Päkehä创意艺术导师和为地区理工学院怀卡托理工学院（Wintec）工作的以实践为主导的研究人员，我经常意识到Tolich（2002）所说的“Päkehä瘫痪”：Päkehä不参与Mäori的倾向，因为它“太难”，因为无法“区分他们在Mäori-centred研究中的角色和他们在新西兰社会中研究的角色，这涉及到Mäori和其他种族群体。”（托利奇，2002年，第176页）。默认的立场往往是回避，或者更糟的是，将Mäori定位在一个“主流”教育框架中，该框架经常以一种被称为“白人流”的方式做出普遍主义假设（Denis, 1997，引自Milne， 2013, p. 3）。然而，在智力上意识到这些问题，与在试图批评的同样的自由人文主义传统中接受Päkehä教育和实践的人做一些事情是完全不同的（Jones, 2017，第189页）。有些人甚至会合理地问，是否有可能走出自我，逃离一个教育体系，在这个教育体系中，一个人的地位和特权是由强调专业知识作为权威基础的价值观所决定的。要真正尝试Päkehä与Mäori合作的伙伴关系，就必须改变自己，并对这种变化的可能性持开放态度。这样一个过程必然是不安的，充满了尴尬和不适，因为人们意识到Päkehä对世界的基本理解不是普遍的，不能被视为理所当然。
As a Päkehä creative arts tutor and practice-led researcher working for the regional polytechnic Waikato Institute of Technology (Wintec), I have often been aware of what Tolich (2002) calls ‘Päkehä paralysis’ : the tendency by Päkehä not to engage with Mäori because it is ‘too hard’ due to an inability “to distinguish between their role in Mäori-centred research and their role in research in a New Zealand society, which involves Mäori among other ethnic groups.” (Tolich, 2002, p. 176). The default position is often one of avoidance, or worse, positioning Mäori within a ‘mainstream’ education framework that frequently makes universalist assumptions in a manner that has been called “whitestreaming” (Denis, 1997, as cited in Milne, 2013, p. 3). Intellectually being aware of these issues is, however, quite different to doing something about it as a Päkehä schooled and practising within the same liberal humanist traditions one is attempting to be critical of (Jones, 2017, p. 189). Some may even reasonably ask if it is possible to step outside of oneself, to escape an education system where one’s position and privilege is predicated by values that emphasise expertise as a foundation for authority. To really attempt partnership as a Päkehä working with Mäori, it is necessary to change oneself and to be open to the possibility of such changes. Such a process is, by necessity, uneasy, full of awkwardness and discomfort, as one realises that Päkehä foundational understandings of the world are not universal and cannot be taken for granted.