Indigenous Research Methodologies

Author Bagele Chilisa has revised and updated her groundbreaking textbook to give a new generation of scholars a crucial foundation in indigenous methods, methodologies, and epistemologies. Addressing the increasing emphasis in the classroom and in the field to sensitize researchers and students to diverse perspectives--especially those of women, minority groups, former colonized societies, indigenous people, historically oppressed communities, and people with disabilities--the second edition of Indigenous Research Methodologies situates research in a larger, historical, cultural, and global context to make visible the specific methodologies that are commensurate with the transformative paradigm of social science research. Chapters cover the history of research methods, ethical conduct, colonial and postcolonial epistemologies, relational epistemologies, emergent and indigenous methodologies, Afrocentric research, feminist research, narrative frameworks, interviewing, and participatory methods. New to the second edition are three new chapters covering evaluation, mixed methods, and mixed methods evaluation. These chapters focusing on decolonizing, indigenizing, and integrating these methods and applications to enhance participation of indigenous peoples as knowers and foster collaborative relationships. Additional information on indigenous quantitative research reflects new developments in the field. New activities and web resources offer more depth and new ways for students to extend their knowledge. This textbook includes features such as key points, learning objectives, student exercises, chapter summaries, and suggested readings, making it an ideal textbook for graduate-level courses.

Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1 • Situating Knowledge Systems Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Introduction Terminology in Postcolonial Indigenous Research Methodologies Decolonization of Western Research Methodologies Summary Chapter 2 • Research Paradigms Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Contested Knowledge: Indigenous Perspectives or Paradigm? A Postcolonial Indigenous Research Paradigm Assumptions About the Nature of Reality, Knowledge, and Values Methodology Euro-Western Research Paradigms Summary Chapter 3 • Discovery and Recovery: Reading and Conducting Research Responsibly Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Introduction Postcolonial and Indigenous Theories Researching Back: Methodological Imperialism Postcolonial Theory and Language Critical Race Theories Summary Chapter 4 • Whose Reality Counts? Research Methods in Question Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Colonizer/Colonized Dichotomies and the Ideology of the Other Dismissing Indigenous Ways of Knowing Research Ethics and the Legitimacy of Knowledge Summary Chapter 5 • Postcolonial Indigenous Research Paradigms Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Indigenous Knowledge and Research Indigenizing Research Methodologies Postcolonial Indigenous Research Paradigms Relational Ontology in Context: Perspectives From Africa Relational Ontology: Perspectives From Scholars in Canada and Australia Relational Epistemologies Relational Axiology Relational Axiology: Perspectives From North America and Canada Summary Chapter 6 • Decolonizing Evaluation Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Why Evaluation Evaluation Discourse in a Global Context Blind Reliance on Eurocentric Tools The Shift in Evaluation Practice The Made in Africa Evaluation Perspective: A Paradigmatic Lens Decolonization Intent Indigenous Multicultural Validity Conducting an Indigenous Evaluation Summary Chapter 7 • Decolonizing Mixed Methods Research Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Toward the Meaning of MMR Mixed Methods Designs and Rationales Indigenous Mixed Methods Approaches Summary Chapter 8 • Indigenous Mixed Methods in Program Evaluation Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start The Indigenous Paradigmatic Lens Embedding the Study in Global Knowledge Summary Chapter 9 • Theorizing on Social Science Research Methods: Indigenous Perspectives Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Introduction Methods Based on Ethnophilosophy Storytelling Methods In What Language Is the Story Told? Summary Chapter 10 • Culturally Responsive Indigenous Research Methodologies Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Regional, National, and Local Specific Methodologies Paradigm, Methodology, and Methods Validity and Reliability: An Overview Rigor in Qualitative Research Credibility Validity: A Postcolonial Indigenous Framework Accountability, Respectful Representation, Reciprocity, and Rights and Responsibilities Kaupapa Maori Research Methodology Ethical Issues in the Creative Relationship Framework Cyclical Postcolonial Indigenous Research Methodologies: The Medicine Wheel Pacific Research Methodologies The Afrocentric Paradigm Ethics That Underscore the Importance of Agreement and Consensus, Dialogue, and Particularity Summary Chapter 11 • Decolonizing the Interview Method Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start The Conventional Interview Method: An Overview Postcolonial Indigenous Interview Methods Indigenous Focus Group Interviews Symbols in Postcolonial Indigenous Interview Methods Conducting a Postcolonial Indigenous Interview Summary Chapter 12 • Participatory Research Methods Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Action Research: An Overview Participatory Rural Appraisal Other Methods The Participatory Action Research Process Summary Chapter 13 • Postcolonial Indigenous Feminist Research Methodologies Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Introduction Postcolonial Indigenous Feminist Theory and Research Methodologies Western Feminisms African Feminisms and Black Feminisms Indigenous Feminist Participatory Methods in Practice Summary Chapter 14 • Building Partnerships and Integrating Knowledge Systems Overview Learning Objectives Before You Start Postcolonial Indigenous and Social Justice Working Relationships Cross-Cultural Partnership Research and Collaboration Between Academics and Donors Planning Research From a Postcolonial Indigenous Research Perspective Summary References Index