Indigenous Methodologies by Margaret Elizabeth Kovach
What are Indigenous research methodologies, and how do they unfold? Indigenous methodologies flow from tribal knowledge, and while they are allied with several western qualitative approaches, they remain distinct. These are the focal considerations of Margaret Kovach's study,which offers guidance to those conducting research in the academy using Indigenous methodologies. Kovach includes topics such as Indigenous epistemologies, decolonizing theory, story as method, situating self and culture, Indigenous methods, protocol, meaning-making, and ethics. In exploring these elements, the book interweaves perspectives from six Indigenous researchers who share their stories, and also includes excerpts from the author's own journey into Indigenous methodologies. Indigenous Methodologies is an innovative and important contribution to the emergent discourse on Indigenous research approaches and will be of use to graduate students, professors, and community-based researchers of all backgrounds - both within the academy and beyond.
'This engaging book should be read by all Indigenous students pursuing advance university degrees and everyone who conducts or reviews research in Indigenous communities.. Kovach's work helps point us toward the new, mutually respectful forms of dialogue, research, theory, and action that we need to create to support Indigenous research.' -- T.J. Ferguson, Journal of Anthropological Research: vol67:2011 'I highly recommend this book to other researchers, particularly students, considering academic inquiry involving Indigenous peoples.' -- Ella Bennett The Canadian Geographer, vol 56:02:2012
Margaret Kovach is an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781442612112 |
| ISBN 10 | 1442612118 |
| Title | Indigenous Methodologies |
| Author | Margaret Elizabeth Kovach |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
| Year published | 2010-10-23 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
| Prizes | Winner of Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing 2010 (Canada) |
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