Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples Tuhiwai Smith, Linda
By: Smith, Linda Tuhiwai.
Material type: BookPublisher: Dunedin, N.Z. University of Otago Press 1999Description: 208 p.ISBN: 1877133671.Subject(s): RESEARCH | SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE | MĀORI | KAUPAPA RANGAHAU | IWI TAKETAKE | RANGAHAU MĀORI | TOKO I TE ORA | NEW ZEALAND | INDIGENOUS PEOPLESDDC classification: 300.72 TUH Summary: This New Zealand-based book presents a critical examination of the historical and philosophical basis of Western research. In the first part of the book, the author extends the work of Foucault and explores the interaction of imperialism, knowledge and research, and in doing so provides a history of knowledge from the Enlightenment to post colonial times. The second half of the book provides an agenda for planning and implementing indigenous research, with a focus on kaupapa Maori research. The author argues that indigenous research approaches are part of a wider project to reclaim control over indigenous knowledge and being.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Family Violence library | TRO 300.72 TUH 1999 | Available | A00672343B |
This New Zealand-based book presents a critical examination of the historical and philosophical basis of Western research. In the first part of the book, the author extends the work of Foucault and explores the interaction of imperialism, knowledge and research, and in doing so provides a history of knowledge from the Enlightenment to post colonial times. The second half of the book provides an agenda for planning and implementing indigenous research, with a focus on kaupapa Maori research. The author argues that indigenous research approaches are part of a wider project to reclaim control over indigenous knowledge and being.
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