Indigenous and Qualitative Research Flashcards
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Decolonisation
restorative justice through cultural, psychological and economic freedom
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Indigenous Knowledges
the understandings, skills and philosophies developed by Indigenous people over many generations that informs daily decision-making
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Cultural interface
an exploration of the intersection of Western knowledge systems and Torres Strait Islander positions and experiences
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Data sovereignty
the right of Indigenous Peoples to own and manage data that derive from them, that relates to their people, knowledge and territories. This recognises that data is a strategic resource and that Indigenous Peoples should making the decisions around how data relating to them are used
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Methodology
a system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
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Research reflexivity
requires Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers to critically self-reflect on who they are, what this brings to the research and how this might impact research in order to prevent further colonising of Indigenous peoples through the research process
Definition
restorative justice through cultural, psychological and economic freedom
Decolonisation
Definition
the understandings, skills and philosophies developed by Indigenous people over many generations that informs daily decision-making
Indigenous Knowledges
Definition
an exploration of the intersection of Western knowledge systems and Torres Strait Islander positions and experiences
Cultural interface
Definition
the right of Indigenous Peoples to own and manage data that derive from them, that relates to their people, knowledge and territories. This recognises that data is a strategic resource and that Indigenous Peoples should making the decisions around how data relating to them are used
Data sovereignty
Definition
a system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
Methodology
Definition
requires Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers to critically self-reflect on who they are, what this brings to the research and how this might impact research in order to prevent further colonising of Indigenous peoples through the research process
Research reflexivity
What is Ontology?
the theory of being, how do we understand reality, what do we believe to be real and how do we view the world
How do we conceptualise methodology?
Match the terms
What is Epistemology?
the knowledge we believe to be true and where knowledge comes from
What is axiology?
the values that inform how we see the world
The Indigenous Standpoint Theory involves the researcher being what?
- Indigenous;
- aware of the limitations of colonial research;
- able to provide benefit to the researchers’ community or the wider Indigenous community and;
- wherever possible prioritising Indigenous languages
The Indigenous Standpoint Theory has premise that the researcher has what?
- social position provides an opportunity to ask how they come to know their world;
- agency is framed by the position of the researcher and the limitations and possibilities of what the researcher can know and;
- physical experiences and memory inform and limit the range and diversity of possible responses
What is the key to the Indigenous Research Paradigm theory methodology?
- resistance as an emancipatory imperative in research dealing with self-determination and oppression;
- political integrity as the research is conducted by Indigenous peoples into the heart of Indigenous struggles and;
- privileging of Indigenous voices
An Indigenous Research Paradigm also recognises that an Indigenous ________(knowing) and _________(being) is based upon relationships and _________-(doing) is based on relational accountability
An Indigenous Research Paradigm also recognises that an Indigenous epistemology (knowing) and ontology (being) is based upon relationships and axiology (doing) is based on relational accountability
What is Critical Indigenous Theory?
the intersection between Indigenous ways of knowing being and doing with critical theory as “a diagnostic way of reading and interpreting the colonial logics that underpin cultural, intellectual, and political discourses”
How does Critical Indigenous Theory encourages researchers, to confront key challenges connected to the meanings of science, community, and democracy?
- Be proactive; they should name the world for themselves
- Craft their own version of science and empirical activity, including how science and scientific understandings will be used in their world
- Develop a participatory model of democracy
- Use theory proactively, as an agent of change, but act in ways that are accountable to the Indigenous community and not just the academy
- Resist new forms of colonization while contesting neocolonial efforts to commodify Indigenous knowledge.
What are the three stages of critical Indigenous theory according to Lindberg?
- identification of the traditional Indigenous philosophies and laws
- identification of colonial laws, policies and regulatory schemes impacting Indigenous peoples; and
- identification of the contemporary application and rejuvenation of Indigenous philosophies
What are the core priniciples that ensure that you are engaging with Indigenous partners in a respectful and responsible manner?
- Free prior and informed consent
- Shared control over process and product
- Acknowledgement and attribution
- Respect for cultural differences
- Reciprocity and benefit-sharing
What is yarning?
involves a purposeful “sharing of stories”
What three connected aspects embody yarning?
voices, experience and knowledge and, relationships
What is a social yarn?
This Yarn takes place between the researcher and participant before the research or topic yarn; it is where trust is developed and a relationship built (Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010). Social Yarn topics can be diverse and include whatever social information the participant and researcher choose to share in the moment (Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010).
What is a family yarn?
Family Yarning represents Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ personal connections and relationships in regards to land, spirituality and kinship and is utilised to learn about relationality to one another (Walker et al., 2014). It is often used in combination with the Social Yarn.
What is cross-cultural yarning?
Cross-cultural Yarning involves the Aboriginal participant or researcher adjusting their behaviour or practice to operate within Westernized rules and protocols, for example, the researcher explaining the western research process in universities (Walker et al., 2014).
What is research topic yarning?
Research Topic Yarning is a Yarn with a purpose (Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010). This is used to gather information relating to the research question, sometimes in the form of stories (Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010).
What is a therapeutic yarn?
A Yarn that involves the participant sharing personal and at times, emotional parts of their story (Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010). The researcher’s role during this step changes to supporting the participant to make sense and meaning of their story (Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010).
What is a collaborative yarn?
The focus for this Yarn is upon research processes (Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010). For instance, it can be used to design Yarning topics, identify researcher priorities and projects and to analyse data (Adams & Faulkhead, 2012; Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010; Gibson, Crockett, Dudgeon, Bernoth, & Lincoln, 2018; Reilly & Rees, 2018). When used to analyse data it can provide enhanced opportunities to explore and explain concepts, resulting in new understandings about the research topic (Bessarab & Ng’andu, 2010).
Describe the conceptualisation of Yarning methodology
What should be considered when reviewing yarning research?
- Uses an Indigenous Research Paradigm and Indigenous Standpoint Theory.
- Includes a declaration of researcher socio-cultural position. Including relationality to the Aboriginal peoples the research is being conducted with and Yarning experience.
- Describes the Yarning types applied in the research and associated methods for these.
- Reports on, at least, the Social, Family and Research Topic Yarn.
What is deep listening (Dadirri)?
a non-judgemental watching and listening with research participants and the researcher listening to and observing themselves
What do the priniciples of story work include?
- respect
- responsibility
- reverence
- reciprocity
- holism
- interrelatedness
- synergy
What is the Indigenous story method?
as sitting and making and remaking emergent meaning of stories as data, slowly over time
How is the story method different to the narrative method?
It differs from narrative research method as principles of Story research have been described as nourishing the soul, giving voice, providing embodied relational meaning making, intersecting the past and present as living oral archives; and enacting collective owning and authoring
What are the five ways that story research methods have been described as involving?
- Ethics which way, involves the multiple dimensions of researcher positionality.
- Where the stories come from, this way poses thinking about origins of stories
- Listening to the stories, involves the dynamism of simultaneous multiple telling of stories for listening, hearing, remembering and archiving
- Bringing stories to life, this way focuses on creativity to bring stories to life so that they can be felt as a lived experience by audiences
- How stories were gifted, this way means honouring stories and their lessons or knowledge by considering the bond between teller and reader
What are the considerations of the story method?
- As a researcher understanding your own experience of story telling is important. For instance, how were stories conveyed to you growing up? Who told them? What were the stories about?
- Is your understanding of story similar or different to the people you wish to work with on research
- Risks of cultural appropriation as when dominant cultures, including institutions, use objects and practices “from another culture without thorough research, and remain ignorant of the cultural context, cultural appropriation takes place” (Han, 2019).
What is the Indigenous mapping method?
a way of making sense of the broader world that is inclusive of Indigenous knowledges
Which part of Indigenous mapping is qualitative and which is quantitative?
Quantitative = the map
Qualitative = the story of the map
What is this?
Indigenous mapping method
What is action research?
an approach to research that emphasises action. It seeks to understand the world by trying to change it through cycles of reflection and planning. It emphasises experimentation grounded in experience and social history.
What does participatory action research involve? How is it different to action research?
Participatory action research involves collating and reviewing research data in collaboration with participants and working with participants to create solutions based on their interpretation of the data collected and experiences. Whereas action research involves conducting cycles, however, with lesser or no collaboration with participants
What needs to be considered when conducting action research?
- Conducting action research or participatory action research takes time time to conduct cycles and allow change to occur
- Extra time is needed, particularly for participatory action research, if you need to establish a relationship with the group of people you wish to work with on the research
