Indigenous Research Methodologies

by Bagele Chilisa

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.

Genres: Research, Indigenous, Science, Nonfiction

392 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 8, 2011

Reviews

[Tarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a bangarang book- 100% recommend this book to ANYone doing research in any field-- and basically anyone vaguely interested in research methodologies, or in decolonizing methodologies. Just a FANTASTIC resource, both in terms of intellectually (meta-questions) AND direct practice questions. Thoughtful and useful. LOVE.

[Joanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's not everyday that you get to read a great textbook written by an African author in university, mainly due to the colonial history of research, which is discussed in this book. This textbook problematizes hegemonic Western research methodologies, which have controlled and dictated the way we conduct research, disseminate findings and write; and encourages researchers to acknowledge and recognize different ways of knowing, specially those of the formerly colonized, historically marginalized, and oppressed groups, which today are often represented as the Other. Euro-Western methodologies have systemically excluded the knowledge production of the Other and Chilisa lays down the practical, methodological and theoretical grounds for conducting research rooted in the experience and knowledge of the colonized Other. She argues for the legitimacy of different ways of knowing that may challenge Western and normalized notions. Indigenous Research Methodologies is clear, organized, accessible, well-written, engaging, and inspirational. It will make you a more aware, more conscientious and better researcher.

[Tim Budge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not necessarily an easy book to read and a bit repetitive in places (or circular to use her term for how indigenous knowledge is built or created). But a great insight into a different way of doing research, one that acknowledges both the huge injustice done by colonialism (even now in the academic world) as well as the riches of knowledge that is there if we were open to indigenous knowledge systems. Should be compulsory for anyone doing in research, monitoring or evaluation work in a different cultural setting.

[Paige]

Read it my masters program. For me it was kind of repetitive of other things we had read in the program previously and concurrently. Probably just look at other people's reviews. I did not love reading this book but that was more the setting I was in than the content of the book; I agree with other five star reviews here. It has good stuff.

[Nicole]

Thesis read

[Mills College Library]

305.80072 C5379 2012