Cosmological Isolationism Might Be Necessary “Counter-Colonizing”: But What Next and How?

Carl Mika's article tells of tensions arising in epistemic matters, in particular New Zealand modern institutions tasked with attending to epistemic concerns in provision of State services and governance. In her response Helen Verran likewise attends to epistemics. Agreeing that a period of isolationism might be in order as Māori institutions recuperate from the ravages of colonialism--including epistemic cruelty and injustice, Verran asks about possibilities for knowingfully going on together doing different knowing-doing together as futures arrive in New Zealand's institutions.