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Abstract
'A landmark in the process of decolonizing imperial Western knowledge.'
Walter Mignolo, Duke University
To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory.
This essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.' Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument presented that the decolonization of research methods will help to reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being.
Now in its eagerly awaited second edition, this bestselling book has been substantially revised, with new case-studies and examples and important additions on new indigenous literature, the role of research in indigenous struggles for social justice, which brings this essential volume urgently up-to-date.
'A landmark in the process not only of decolonizing methodology, but of decolonizing imperial Western knowledge and ways of knowing.'
Walter Mignolo, Duke University
'Linda Tuhiwai Smith's trail-blazing book is one of the greatest contributions towards instilling pride and dignity in indigenous peoples all over the world.'
Harald Gaski, University of Tromsø, Norway.
'This second edition will secure and expand the place of this book as a classic in the field of indigenous methodologies.'
Patti Lather, Ohio State University
'Persuasive, evocative, and enduring.'
Margaret Kovach, University of Saskatchewan
'Equips indigenous scholars with a series of methodological and political strategies for developing research that is enabling and empowering.'
Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Indigenous Studies Research Network, Queensland University of Technology
'A text of broad intellectual reach and political depth, this book transformed the fields of educational research and critical epistemology.'
Michelle Fine, City University New York
Professor Smith is Vice-Chancellor with responsibilities for Maori development at the University of Waikato, as well as Dean of the School of Maori and Pacific Development.
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| About the Author | i | ||
| Praise for the First Edition | ii | ||
| Title Page | v | ||
| Copyright | vi | ||
| Contents | vii | ||
| Acknowledgements | viii | ||
| Foreword | ix | ||
| Introduction | 1 | ||
| 1: Imperialism, History, Writing and Theory\r | 20 | ||
| Imperialism | 21 | ||
| On Being Human | 26 | ||
| Writing, History and Theory | 29 | ||
| Is History Important for Indigenous Peoples? | 30 | ||
| Contested Histories | 34 | ||
| Is Writing Important for Indigenous Peoples? | 36 | ||
| Writing Theory | 39 | ||
| Notes | 41 | ||
| 2: Research through Imperial Eyes | 44 | ||
| The Cultural Formations of Western Research | 45 | ||
| The Intersections of Race and Gender | 47 | ||
| Conceptualizations of the Individual and Society | 49 | ||
| Conceptions of Space | 52 | ||
| Conceptions of Time | 56 | ||
| Notes | 59 | ||
| 3: Colonizing Knowledges | 61 | ||
| Establishing the Positional Superiority of Western Knowledge | 62 | ||
| Colonizing the Disciplines | 68 | ||
| Disciplining the Colonized | 71 | ||
| Colonialism and ‘Native’ Intellectuals | 72 | ||
| The ‘Authentic, Essentialist, Deeply Spiritual’ Other | 75 | ||
| Notes | 78 | ||
| 4: Research Adventures on Indigenous Lands | 81 | ||
| They Came, They Saw, They Named, They Claimed | 83 | ||
| On the Road to … Research | 86 | ||
| Organizing Research | 88 | ||
| Trading the Other | 91 | ||
| Defining the Indigenous ‘Problem’ | 94 | ||
| Notes | 96 | ||
| 5: Notes from Down Under | 98 | ||
| The End of One Part, the Beginning of Another | 98 | ||
| The New Language of Imperialism | 100 | ||
| Twelve Ways to be Researched (Colonized) | 102 | ||
| The Next Decades | 108 | ||
| Notes | 110 | ||
| 6: The Indigenous Peoples’ Project: Setting a New Agenda | 111 | ||
| The Social Movement of Indigenous Peoples | 112 | ||
| International Mobilization | 116 | ||
| An Agenda for Indigenous Research | 119 | ||
| Ethical Research Protocols | 122 | ||
| Notes | 125 | ||
| 7: Articulating an Indigenous Research Agenda | 127 | ||
| Community Research | 128 | ||
| Iwi and Indigenous Nation Research | 131 | ||
| The Case Study of an Indigenous Research Initiative inside the Academy | 132 | ||
| Training Indigenous Researchers | 135 | ||
| Insider/Outsider Research | 138 | ||
| Notes | 142 | ||
| 8: Twenty-five Indigenous Projects | 143 | ||
| The Projects | 144 | ||
| Summary | 162 | ||
| Notes | 163 | ||
| 9: Responding to the Imperatives of an Indigenous Agenda: A Case Study of Maori | 165 | ||
| Western Critiques of Western Research | 166 | ||
| The Challenges of Feminist Analyses | 168 | ||
| The Waitangi Tribunal and Te Kohanga Reo | 170 | ||
| Research as an Extension of Knowledge – Whose Knowledge? | 171 | ||
| The Validity of Maori Knowledge | 174 | ||
| Negotiating New Relationships with Non-indigenous Researchers | 177 | ||
| Setting the Boundaries to Research by Non-indigenous Researchers | 180 | ||
| Notes | 181 | ||
| 10: Towards Developing Indigenous Methodologies: Kaupapa Maori Research | 185 | ||
| Research by Maori | 186 | ||
| A Local Approach to Critical Theory | 187 | ||
| Kaupapa Maori Research and Positivism | 191 | ||
| How Does Kaupapa Maori Research Proceed? | 193 | ||
| Setting Strategic Directions | 194 | ||
| Notes | 196 | ||
| 11: Choosing the Margins: The Role of Research in Indigenous Struggles for Social Justice | 198 | ||
| Revisiting the Concept of Struggle | 199 | ||
| Multiple Layers of Struggle | 200 | ||
| Implications for Researchers: Choosing the Margins | 204 | ||
| Marginalized Populations, Research and Ethics | 207 | ||
| Ongoing Marginalization of Maori | 209 | ||
| Researchers in the Margins | 213 | ||
| Notes | 215 | ||
| 12: Getting the Story Right, Telling the Story Well: Indigenous Activism, Indigenous Research | 217 | ||
| Aligning the Agenda for Indigenous Research and Indigenous Activism | 218 | ||
| Globalization, the Marketplace and Indigenous Peoples | 218 | ||
| Traditional Indigenous Knowledge: The Work of Activists | 220 | ||
| Traditional Indigenous Knowledge: The Work of Researchers | 222 | ||
| Traditional Indigenous Knowledge: Where the Work of Activists and Research Come Together | 224 | ||
| Getting the Story Right, Telling the Story Well | 226 | ||
| Acknowledgement | 227 | ||
| Notes | 227 | ||
| Conclusion: A Personal Journey | 228 | ||
| Notes | 232 | ||
| Index | 234 |