Nathan Rew
Aoeteroa New Zealand
Nathan Rew is a lecturer of Indigenous Studies in Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao—the Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies—at the University of Waikato. Of Papua New Guinean and Pākehā descent, Nathan’s research is primarily concerned with the prospect of a new Oceania and the necessity of overcoming colonial-capitalism to move towards a truly collective regional Indigenous Oceania. An activist, philosopher, and critical theorist, Nathan’s work walks between worlds, weaving together material analyses of the state of water, white supremacy, human rights, international law, and Black subjectivities with Indigenous Oceanian theory to challenge modernity’s onto-epistemic order. Through his work he hopes to reinvigorate Indigenous Oceanian relationships to water and Blackness, and stresses the importance of these relationships in overcoming colonialism, capitalism, and climate change
