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Research and Indigenous Peoples
Zed Books
March 1999
On Sale: March 15, 1999
224 pages
ISBN: 1856496244
EAN: 9781856496247
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Non-Fiction
From the vantage point of the colonized, the
term "research" is inextricably linked with European
colonialism. Here, an indigenous researcher issues a
clarion call for the decolonization of research methods.
The book is divided into two parts. In the first, the
author critically examines the historical and philosophical
base of Western research. Extending the work of Foucault,
she explores the intersections of imperialism, knowledge
and research. The second part of the book meets the urgent
need for literature which validates frustrations with
various western paradigms, academic traditions and
methodologies. In setting an agenda for planning and
implementing indigenous research, the author shows how such
programs are part of the wider project of reclaiming
control over indigenous ways of knowing and being. This
book sets a standard for truly emancipatory research. It
brilliantly demonstrates that "when indigenous peoples
become the researchers and not merely the researched, the
activity of research is transformed."
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