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To explore how racialised Asian academic researchers navigate positionality, Eurocentric institutional structures, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations through race-centred 'me-search'.

August 16, 2026Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences OnlineOpen Access

Race‐Centred Me‐Searching for Racialised Asian Researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand

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PAPaolo Aquino KTKyle Tan LDLincoln Dam

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Qualitative study uncovers a reflexive 4R framework among Asian researchers, highlighting relational accountability and anti-racist praxis in academic institutions.

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To explore how racialised Asian academic researchers navigate positionality, Eurocentric institutional structures, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations through race-centred 'me-search'.
Engaged six Asian academic researchers (N=6) in Aotearoa New Zealand through collaborative tuakana–teina conversational sessions.
Structured qualitative dialogues around a four-part conceptual framework (the 4Rs): racialisation, restructuring, relationality, and reflexivity.
Demonstrated that 'me-search' operates as an iterative, relational praxis prioritizing community trust and rejecting tokenistic diversity that lacks Te Tiriti accountability.
Identified critical strategies for naming whiteness, confronting institutional complicity, and grounding research in ancestral philosophies while resisting pan-ethnic Asian homogenisation.

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Aquino et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817aa1f2fb91fc834ae968 https://doi.org/10.1002/kot2.70052

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August 16, 2026Kōtuitui New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences OnlineOpen Access

Race‐Centred Me‐Searching for Racialised Asian Researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand

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PAPaolo Aquino KTKyle Tan LDLincoln Dam

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Overview

Qualitative study uncovers a reflexive 4R framework among Asian researchers, highlighting relational accountability and anti-racist praxis in academic institutions.

Key Points

To explore how racialised Asian academic researchers navigate positionality, Eurocentric institutional structures, and Te Tiriti o Waitangi obligations through race-centred 'me-search'.
Engaged six Asian academic researchers (N=6) in Aotearoa New Zealand through collaborative tuakana–teina conversational sessions.
Structured qualitative dialogues around a four-part conceptual framework (the 4Rs): racialisation, restructuring, relationality, and reflexivity.
Demonstrated that 'me-search' operates as an iterative, relational praxis prioritizing community trust and rejecting tokenistic diversity that lacks Te Tiriti accountability.
Identified critical strategies for naming whiteness, confronting institutional complicity, and grounding research in ancestral philosophies while resisting pan-ethnic Asian homogenisation.

Cite This Study

Aquino et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a817aa1f2fb91fc834ae968 https://doi.org/10.1002/kot2.70052

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