Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods

Describing A Research Paradigm Shared By Indigenous Scholars In Canada And Australia, This Study Demonstrates How This Standard Can Be Put Into Practice. Portraying Indigenous Researchers As Knowledge Seekers Who Work To Progress Indigenous Ways Of Being, Knowing, And Doing In A Constantly Evolving Context, This Examination Shows How Relationships Both Shape Indigenous Reality And Are Vital To Reality Itself. These Same Knowledge Seekers Develop Relationships With Ideas In Order To Achieve Enlightenment In The Ceremony Of Maintaining Accountability. Envisioning Researchers As Accountable To All Relations, This Overview Proves That Careful Choices Should Be Made Regarding Selection Of Topics, Methods Of Data Collection, Forms Of Analysis, And The Way In Which Information Is Presented. Biography Shawn Wilson Works In The Department Of Rural Health At Northern Rivers University In New South Wales, Australia. Table Of Contents: Acknowledgements 5 Foreword And Conclusion 6 My Writing Style 8 Sequencing Of The Book 9 1 Getting Started 12 Introduction 15 Purpose Of The Book 19 Research Question 20 2 On The Research Journey 22 Beginning My Research Saga 22 Researcher Background-Introducing The Storyteller 32 Definition Of Terms 33 How I Searched For An Answer To The Question 35 Overview Of The Dominant Research Paradigms 35 Strategy Of Inquiry 39 3 Can A Ceremony Include A Literature Review? 43 The Progression Of An Indigenous Research Paradigm 44 A Chronology Of Aboriginal Research 45 The Development Of An Indigenous Paradigm 52 A Shift In Terminology, A Shift In Understanding 54 The Criterion For Indigenous Research 55 4 The Elements Of An Indigenous Research Paradigm 62 On A Journey With My Friends 62 Introducing An Indigenous Research Paradigm 69 Elements Of An Indigenous Research Paradigm 71 Indigenous Ontology And Epistemology 73 Indigenous Axiology And Methodology 77 5 Relationality 80 Building Relations At The Indigenous Scholars Conference 81 Relations Wit