Quote by Manulani Aluli Meyer: “Epistemology begins with location. What is your place? What are your relations?”

This statement emphasizes that how we understand the world is deeply connected to where we are physically and culturally, and our relationships with others and the environment. It encourages us to consider our personal context.

As global interconnectedness grew, Meyer's work highlighted the importance of local context and relationality in understanding knowledge, countering universalizing tendencies in academia and promoting indigenous perspectives.

Native Hawaiian educator and scholar whose work centres on indigenous Hawaiian epistemology — the ways Hawaiian culture understands knowledge, spirituality, and intelligence. Her 2003 book Ho'oulu: Our Time of Becoming argues for a Hawaiian philosophy of education. She has taught at the University of Hawaiʻi and the University of Victoria.