Walking Many Paths, Our Research Journey to (Re)present Multiple Knowings

Melitta Hogarth,Kori Czuy

doi:10.15402/esj.v7i1.70062

Abstract

Indigenous peoples globally are seeking new ways in which to communicate and share our worldviews. Sometimes defined as resistance research, emancipatory research, decolonising research - our research (re)presents the multiple journeys in which we live and come to know. Emerging Indigenous research methodological approaches are centring Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, to privilege Indigenous voices that have been suppressed through colonization. The intricate weaving of Western methodologies with Indigenous knowledges evokes agency in two emerging Indigenous researchers (from Australia and Canada) and weaves a path of reconciliation between their diverse disciplines as well as the seemingly dichotomous knowledge systems they are challenged to work within. Using metalogue, a way of authentically bringing together multiple voices through dialogue, we discuss the creative and radical Indigenous methodological approaches developed and enacted within our PhDs. The paper will provide insights to the epistemological, ontological and axiological principles that inform emerging Indigenous approaches to research.

Highlights

Indigenous peoples globally are seeking new ways in which to communicate and share our worldviews
Emerging Indigenous research methodological approaches are centring Indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing, to privilege Indigenous voices that have been suppressed through colonization (Battiste & Henderson, 2000; Blair, 2015; Kovach, 2009; Martin, 2003)
Melitta and Kori examine the intricate weaving of Western methodologies with Indigenous knowledges that evoke the agency of two emerging Indigenous researchers and how these actions weave a path of reconciliation between their diverse disciplines despite the seemingly dichotomous knowledge systems they are challenged to work within

Summary

Introduction

Indigenous peoples globally are seeking new ways in which to communicate and share our worldviews. As an act of resistance to the colonizers’ language, Indigenous peoples worldwide seek new ways to communicate and share our worldviews. Using Indigenous methodologies allow for multiple worldviews to work together and for mental knowledge to be supported alongside knowledge from the physical (the body and senses), the emotional, and the spiritual (interventions and guidance from the ancestors)

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