Research Catalog

Title

Indigenous methodologies : characteristics, conversations and contexts / Margaret Kovach.

Author

Kovach, Margaret, 1964-

Publication

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2009.

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Details

Description

201 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Indigenous methodologies flow from tribal knowledge, and while they are allied with several Western qualitative approaches, there are key distinctions. In this work, Margaret Kovach examines the theoretical and epistemological basis of Indigenous methodologies and offers practical guidance to those conducting research in Indigenous communities."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Native peoples > Research > Methodology. > Canada
• Indigenous peoples > Research > Methodology
• Research > Methodology
• Autochtones > Recherche > Méthodologie. > Canada
• Autochtones > Recherche > Méthodologie
• Recherche > Méthodologie
• Research Design
• Population Groups > ethnology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-192) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Indigenous and qualitative inquiry : a round dance? -- Creating indigenous research frameworks -- Epistemology and research : centring tribal knowledge -- Applying a decolonizing lens within indigenous research frameworks -- Story as indigenous methodology -- Situating self, culture, and purpose in indigenous inquiry -- Indigenous research methods and interpretation -- Doing indigenous research in a good way : ethics and reciprocity -- Situating indigenous research within the academy.

ISBN

• 9781442640429
• 1442640421
• 9780442640429 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

• 427676483
• SCSB-12900645

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library