Indigenous pathways into social research : voices of a new generation

Indigenous pathways into social research : voices of a new generation / Donna M. Mertens, Fiona Cram, Bagele Chilisa, editors.

A new generation of Indigenous researchers is taking its place in the world of social research in increasing numbers. These scholars provide new insights into communities under the research gaze and offer new ways of knowing to traditional scholarly models. They also move the research community towa...

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Other Authors: Mertens, Donna M., Cram, Fiona, Chilisa, Bagele
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2013.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > Research.
Social sciences > Research.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research.
Indigenous peoples > Research
Social sciences > Research
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Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1. The Journey Begins
  • Fiona Cram, Bagele Chilisa, and Donna M. Mertens; Chapter 2. The Process that Led Me to Become an Indigenous Researcher
  • Andrina Komala Lini Thomas (Vanuatu); Chapter 3. I Never Really Had Any Role Models
  • Art Hernandez (Mexico/United States); Chapter 4. Indigenism, Public Intellectuals, and the Forever Opposed-Or, the Makings of a "Hori Academic"
  • Brad Coombes (Aotearoa New Zealand); Chapter 5. Becoming a Kaupapa Maori Researcher
  • Cherryl Smith (Aotearoa New Zealand).
  • Chapter 6. An African Narrative: The Journey of an Indigenous Social Researcher in South Africa
  • Kholeka Constance Moloi (South Africa)Chapter 7. Drawn from the Traditions of Cameroon: Lessons from Twenty-One Years of Practice
  • Debazou Yantio Yantio (Cameroon); Chapter 8. Indigenous Research with a Cultural Context
  • Fiona Hornung (Australia); Chapter 9. Being and Becoming an Indigenous Social Researcher
  • Gabriel Cruz Ignacio (Mexico).
  • Chapter 10. Indigenous Researcher's Thoughts: An Experience from Research with Communities in Burkina Faso Using Participatory Methods
  • Issaka Herman Traore (Burkina Faso)Chapter 11. Becoming an Indigenous Researcher in Interior Alaska: Sharing the Transformative Journey
  • James Johnson, III (Alaska); Chapter 12. An Aboriginal Health Worker's Research Story
  • Juanita Sherwood (Australia); Chapter 13. Nurturing the Gift of Understanding Different Realities
  • Keiko Kuji-Shikatani (Japan/Canada).
  • Chapter 14. Inuujunga: The Intricacy of Indigenous and Western Epistemologies in the Arctic
  • Looee Okalik (Canada)Chapter 15. The Context within: My Journey into Research
  • Manulani Aluli Meyer (Hawai'i); Chapter 16. Prospects and Challenges of Becoming an Indigenous Researcher
  • Motheo Koitsiwe (South Africa); Chapter 17. Hinerauwhariki: Tapestries of Life for Four Maori Women in Evaluation
  • Nan Wehipeihana, Kataraina Pipi, Vivienne Kennedy, and Kirimatao Paipa (Aotearoa New Zealand).
  • Chapter 18. Research in Relationship with Humans, the Spirit World, and the Natural World
  • Polly Walker (United States)Chapter 19. Lens from the "Bottom of the Well"
  • Ricardo Alfonso Millett (Panama); Chapter 20. Neyo way in ik issi: A Family Practice of Indigenist Research Informed by Land
  • Shawn Wilson and Alexandria Wilson (Alaska); Chapter 21. A Native Papua New Guinea Researcher
  • Simon Passingan (Papua New Guinea).
  • Chapter 22. From Refusal to Getting Involved in Romani Research
  • Rocío García, Patricia Melgar, and Teresa Sordé in conversation with Luisa Cortés, Coral Santiago, and Saray Santiago (Spain).

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