new book: Research is ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods

Kia ora,

it is always encouraging to find work published by Indigenous scholars. Below are details about a new book called Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods by Shawn Wilson. Taima

Describing a research paradigm shared by indigenous scholars in Canada and Australia, this study demonstrates how this standard can be put into practice. Portraying indigenous researchers as knowledge seekers who work to progress indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing in a constantly evolving context, this examination shows how relationships both shape indigenous reality and are vital to reality itself. These same knowledge seekers develop relationships with ideas in order to achieve enlightenment in the ceremony of maintaining accountability. Envisioning researchers as accountable to all relations, this overview proves that careful choices should be made regarding selection of topics, methods of data collection, forms of analysis, and the way in which information is presented.

Shawn Wilson works in the department of rural health at Northern Rivers University in New South Wales, Australia.

http://www.amazon.ca/Research-Ceremony-Indigenous-Methods/dp/1552662810