decolonizing methodologies research and indigenous peoples

In contrast, dominant research paradigms prize distance from those being research often for reasons of objectivity and bias.ģ. What relationship does the researcher have with those being researched? An indigenous standpoint is that the researcher is accountable, and those doing the research must give back to the communities they study - as Keane, Khupe, and Seehawer argue in discussing educational research in South Africa. How do assumptions about power affect what we select as problems for research who pays for this research and what purposes does the research serve? A critique of research practice might take on the neo liberal globalisation agenda in higher education, institutional reliance on private money and an over eagerness to put knowledge at the service of the highest bidder.Ģ.

When it comes to academic research decolonisation takes a number of forms, some mainstream, some more contentious. Decolonisation then offers a powerful metaphor for those wanting to critique positions of power and dominant culture. studentsupportlinks (Restricted permissions)ĭecolonisation itself refers to the undoing of colonial rule over subordinate countries but has taken on a wider meaning as the ‘freeing of minds from colonial ideology’ in particular by addressing the ingrained idea that to be colonised was to be inferior.Room Booking - Room B1.16 (Restricted permissions).Extensions and Mitigating Circumstances Update (UG and PGT ONLY) (Restricted permissions).Education Studies Ethical Review Procedures (Restricted permissions).Department door codes (staff only) (Restricted permissions).Conference Funding Request (Restricted permissions).Academic Integrity Committee (Restricted permissions).Staff Intranet (Restricted permissions).Search for Staff by Research Area (Restricted permissions).Enhancement Tutor Scheme (Restricted permissions).Current Students (Restricted permissions).Strategy and Resources (Restricted permissions).

Decolonizing methodologies research and indigenous peoples