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Indigenizing Research via Talanoa: Vā in Higher Education

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT In the tradition of approaches that call for decolonizing research, this study demonstrates how talanoa , an Indigenous research methodology, exceeds the scope of Collaborative Auto‐Ethnography (CAE) by embedding cultural authenticity, relationality, and reciprocity within the research process. By framing talanoa, the authors examined the sociocultural phenomenon and practice of “nurturing vā ”, as a core concept of Pacific Indigenous research. Hence, this study can help to inform academic research and advance scholarly knowledge beyond CAE's framework.

Source: Anthropology & Education Quarterly

DOI: 10.1111/aeq.70053

Authors: Maryanne Pale, Dion Enari, Eseta Tualaulelei, Heena Akbar, Ruth L. Faleolo, Jioji Ravulo, Sarah Ohi, Inez Fainga’a‐Manu Sione, Levi Fox, Rita Seumanutafa‐Palala, Bronwyn Williams

Institutions: Victoria University, Unitec Institute of Technology, University of Southern Queensland, The University of Queensland, La Trobe University, The University of Sydney, Deakin University, Griffith University, The University of Melbourne, Western Sydney University

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4415620336

FWCI: 1.083

Cites: 23

Cited by: 1

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