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Applying Indigenist Research Methodologies in Health Research: Experiences in the Borderlands

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: For Indigenous scholars in health sciences, finding “ways of doing” research that value Indigenist knowledge is an important consideration. Indigenist research methodology offers a useful alternative to mainstream research approaches that draw upon orthodox Western knowledge systems. However, as Indigenous research approaches have only recently entered the academic discourses of health science, few courses currently exist to support Indigenous students and their supervisors who work in this area. While negotiating Indigenist methodologies is challenging, more Indigenous scholars are recognising the importance of doing so. This paper will outline some of the issues experienced by two Indigenist research students coming to terms with the relevance of an Indigenist research approach to their study, as well of those of their supervisor, the third author of the paper.

Source: The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

DOI: 10.1375/s1326011100001071

Authors: Vicki Saunders, Roianne West, Kim Usher

Institution: James Cook University

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: James Cook University, National Health and Medical Research Council, Brain Injury Research Center