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AlterNative journal: Research by indigenous peoples
AlterNative is an international journal of indigenous peoples and a recent addition to NMIT’s online eJournal collection.
Image: Cover image of 'Because this is who we are', shared in AlterNative in July 2024(external link).
Since 2005, AlterNative has been the go-to place for academic research by indigenous peoples and those working with indigenous communities.
Launched by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (New Zealand’s Māori Centre of Research Excellence), AlterNative shares unique perspectives, agendas, and highlights different indigenous methodologies and value systems in the academic world. page
AlterNative covers topics across various fields including Social Sciences, Humanities, Education, Health, Business, and Law, also diving into other areas such as:
- Cultural Studies
- Human Geography
- History
- Politics
- Philosophy
- Literature
- Visual and Performing Arts
- Environmental Studies
- Psychology
- Sociology
You can access AlterNative via the:
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Library catalogue(external link). Just do a title search and find AlterNative (external link)in the catalogue. You will find a link to the eJournal from there
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Database A-Z(external link) page under the title
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Databases and websites by programme area(external link) page. This eJournal is linked on related programme areas pages
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Direct link AlterNative: an international journal of indigenous peoples(external link) (don’t bookmark it as you need the special link from the NMIT webpages to gain full access)
