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Anscombe, Practice, and Indigenous Agency: Intention in Ngāi Tahu Letters, 1850–1950
Maurice, Emma
Proudfoot, Diane
2024
Abstract
In this paper we apply Anscombe’s account of human linguistic practices and of intentional action in a novel way—to the acts, by members of the Ngāi Tahu tribe in colonial-era Aotearoa New Zealand, of writing Letters to the Editor of local and regional newspapers. We identify the salient contexts of those acts and then draw on Anscombe’s work to identify intentional and moral actions that otherwise risk going unnoticed. Our analysis exemplifies Anscombe’s and Wittgenstein’s view that we can read off intentional action from behaviour in context and also yields a rich historical and conceptual account of the letter-writers. We argue that this approach has theoretical advantages for Indigenous and Postcolonial Studies.
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EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Emma Maurice, Diane Proudfoot, "Anscombe, Practice, and Indigenous Agency: Intention in Ngāi Tahu Letters, 1850–1950”, in "Esercizi Filosofici" 19 (2024), pp. 140-167.
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en
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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