Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts - Softcover

Kovach, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1442612118 ISBN 13: 9781442612112

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2010

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Margaret Kovach is an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan.

Review

'Indigenous Methodologies is an excellent contribution to the emerging literature through its focus on the links between epistemology and research methodology ... Written with both passion and reason, Indigenous Methodologies will resonate with researchers, students, and faculty working in this area.' (David Newhouse, Indigenous Studies, Trent University)

'Rather than insisting upon particular ways of knowing, Margaret Kovach creates the space to engage with and validate new (or more often, very old) ways of knowing in the context of academic research.' (Naomi Adelson, York University)

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1442612118
• ISBN 13: 9781442612112
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 216