Here& #39;s a life hack for & #39;indigenous& #39; social science scholars looking to make an original contribution to the knowledge base in the 21st century through a decolonial or endogenous lens.

Mini-thread:

Pick a typical human practice or custom—the more quintessentially and obviously human the better—then construct an academic argument saying either:

1. We do that, too. But we have our own way of thinking about it; here is the data on how (aka supposed new knowledge) and over here is why I thought to collect it and your empire state of mind didn& #39;t. Yours is not the only way, wethu.

Or...

2. We do that, too, and the only reason that fact surprises you is that you didn& #39;t think us human. Here& #39;s why everything you& #39;ve been taught on what being human looks like isn& #39;t all there is to it.

[Btw... this won& #39;t be new knowledge. To you.]

***Bonus***
Pick an authoritative text on an & #39;indigenous& #39; practice/custom by a 20th-century liberal white scholar, ask your kin using non-hierarchical methods why they do it, then construct an argument on why the liberal white scholar& #39;s wrong. He& #39;s always wrong; it& #39;s always a he.