Indigenist Assemblage

Dr Ali Drummond will present The Lowitja Journal‘s first online webinar for the year on 8 April 2026 to kick off the Knowing, Being and Doing webinar series.

This Indigenist Assemblage session will offer valuable insights into the critical entanglement with various theoretical principles and approaches that shaped the development of the theoretical framework for Ali’s thesis. Ali will yarn about the challenges and nuances involved in creating coherence and trustworthiness at the intersections of these principles and approaches, highlighting how these tensions were navigated during the process.

First Nations Health and Wellbeing – The Lowitja Journal: articulating First Nations ways of Knowing, Being and Doing’ webinar series

Across the world, First Nations peoples have sustained rich and diverse knowledge systems that shape how communities understand the world, relate to one another, and care for Country. In academic and policy spaces, these perspectives are increasingly described as Indigenous ways of ‘knowing, being and doing’. While the phrase is widely used, there remains limited published work that unpacks the deeper foundations that underpin these ideas.

This webinar series creates space to critically explore what is meant by knowing, being and doing. In particular, it engages with the epistemological foundations of Indigenous knowledge, the ontological understandings of being and relationships, and the axiological values that guide how knowledge is generated, shared, and applied in practice.

Through conversations with leading First Nations scholars, researchers and practitioners, the series aims to deepen understanding of how Indigenous knowledge systems shape health, wellbeing, research, and social practice. These discussions will also explore how Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing can contribute to decolonising research and reshaping dominant ways of thinking, offering relational and holistic approaches to addressing contemporary challenges.

Each webinar will focus on a different perspective, bringing these concepts to life through the insights and experiences of First Nations leaders and knowledge holders.