The complexity of indigenous evaluation

This article was triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the antiracist protests that have swept the world. Both developments have brought to the surface the social inequities and the existential risks that face humanity in a complex and interconnected world. Indigenous evaluation is highly relevant to both predicaments. Since I am not an indigenous evaluator, I cannot do justice to the wealth and diversity of the indigenous evaluation experience. All I seek to do is to connect indigenous evaluation to complexity thinking, a mindset that is more needed than ever.