Abstract
ABSTRACT The late Anangu artist Kunmanara (Mumu Mike) Williams wrote mapa wiya (‘We don’t need a map’) across a map of Australia as part of an attempt to unsettle the settler State. This essay draws on those words, mapa wiya, to think through the relationship between Aboriginal philosophy and strong Indigenous critique, and how their combination can be involved in unsettling and resurgence. It begins by considering the place of this philosophy within and beyond the academy, as something which is seen to both exist and not exist at the same time. It then draws a comparison between Aboriginal and European cosmologies, conceiving of their opposition and some possibilities that exist therein. Lastly, this essay argues for sustained Indigenous critique in the making of Aboriginal philosophy, which can respond to and seek to transform the political reality of Aboriginal people and the Country that they belong to.
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