Rather than being exceptional for Māori and Pacific Peoples, Covid-19 is the latest iteration of virulent disease that arrived with European colonisation. The various pandemics are connected; they exacerbate and intensify existing conditions of colonial inequality and injustice. The political and economic marginalisation of Māori and Pasifika within Aotearoa New Zealand ensures that Covid-19 will have disproportionate impacts upon them. Covid-19’s impacts will be felt in the academy as everywhere else. The immediate issue will be the culling of less popular ‘uneconomic’ courses, and of precarious instructors (where Māori and Pacific teachers are over-represented). Colonisation never ended. Ongoing domination is secured through the reproduction of social life, including via social institutions like the university. While sociology likes to think of itself as the critical edge, it often fails to be so in relation to its own assumptions. In order for sociology to be part of the solution, instead of simply perpetuating the problem of racism as it is wont to do, its practitioners must recognise our place in the world, must speak to our ways of knowing and being, and must validate the aspirations of Māori and Pacific communities, Māori and Pacific students and Māori and Pacific staff.

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危机中的社会学：Covid-19 和新西兰奥特罗阿知识生产的殖民政治

Covid-19 并不是毛利人和太平洋人民的例外，而是随着欧洲殖民而来的致命疾病的最新版本。各种流行病相互关联；它们加剧和加剧了殖民不平等和不公正的现有状况。新西兰 Aotearoa 内毛利人和太平洋岛民的政治和经济边缘化确保 Covid-19 将对他们产生不成比例的影响。Covid-19 的影响将在学院和其他任何地方都能感受到。眼前的问题将是淘汰不那么受欢迎的“不经济”课程和不稳定的教师（毛利人和太平洋地区的教师人数过多）。殖民从未结束。通过社会生活的再生产，包括通过大学等社会机构，可以确保持续的统治地位。虽然社会学喜欢将自己视为批判的边缘，但在与自己的假设相关的情况下，它往往并非如此。为了让社会学成为解决方案的一部分，而不是像往常一样简单地使种族主义问题永久化，它的实践者必须认识到我们在世界上的位置，必须谈论我们的认识和存在方式，并且必须验证毛利和太平洋社区、毛利和太平洋学生以及毛利和太平洋工作人员的愿望。