This overview article presents some of the main approaches to histories of colonial science in Australasia as well as suggesting future areas of research. Given the plurality of knowledge systems in the colonial period, we argue that a framework defined by history of knowledge, rather than history of science, better reflects the realities of colonial Australasia and opens up opportunities for fresh and innovative scholarship. A ‘history of knowledge systems’ approach, we contend, has the potential to free the study of non‐Western knowledge systems from normative approaches that define other systems only in relation to Western science. A history of knowledge approach, we believe, enables scholars to explore the complex ways in which knowledge‐making in colonial Australasia arose from both Indigenous and non‐Indigenous traditions, perspectives and practices.

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从科学史到知识史？大洋洲殖民地的主题和观点

这篇概述文章介绍了大洋洲殖民科学史的一些主要方法，并提出了未来的研究领域。考虑到殖民时期知识体系的多样性，我们认为，由知识史而不是科学史定义的框架更好地反映了澳大利亚殖民地的现实，并为获得新颖和创新的学术机会提供了机会。我们认为，“知识系统的历史”方法有可能将非西方知识系统的研究从仅定义与西方科学有关的其他系统的规范方法中解放出来。我们相信，知识的发展史使学者们能够探索从土著和非土著传统中产生于殖民地大洋洲的知识的复杂方式，