2025/09/02 by Kellie Pollard, Craig Taylor, Nicolas J. Bullot +3 · 1 voice
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Archaeology and Rock Art Studies #Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies #Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/03122417.2025.2562664
openalex publication_date 2025/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/11/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/15
We discuss the standpoint theory of Indigenism and introduce its principles as relevant to the philosophy of research with, by, and for, Indigenous people. This philosophy is a pillar of Indigenist archaeology since it is a core basis of theorising methods of Indigenous epistemology. We introduce the concept of a ‘third space’ and discuss its purpose as the critique of scientism, a discourse claiming epistemological supremacy for Western science in archaeological research. We defend pluralism in archaeology and provide an example of ‘epistemic disconcertment’ to illustrate the complexity of inclusive archaeology.