Session: Post-Colonial and Indigenous Research Methods

Time: Wednesday 6th July, 15:45 - 17:15

Convenor:

Professor Rosalind Edwards (University of Southampton)

Abstract Details

Post-colonial and indigenous research approaches aim to transform fundamentally the whole nature of research, in terms of who owns the research issues, who initiates them, in whose interests is the research carried out, who has control of research, how are power relations and decisions negotiated in creating knowledge, who is the research for, what counts as knowledge, who is transformed by it, and whose is the authorial voice? In this session, presenters will speak about their experiences of developing and applying research methods in post-colonial and indigenous contexts.

The level of the session is: Accessible

Presentation details

Presentation 1

Start time: 15:45

Presentation title: Community engagement within a postcolonial, African-based relational paradigm

Presenter:

Professor Bagele Chilisa (University of Botswana)

Presentation 2

Start time: 16:15

Presentation title: Looking for the invisible in the visible: video data, spirit and feelings

Presenter:

Professor Helen Moewaka Barnes (Massey University)

Presentation 3

Start time: 16:45

Presentation title: “Asking the right questions”: the influence of the truth and reconciliation in indigenous research in Canada

Presenter:

Dr Deborah McGregor (York University )