Indigenous Research Methodologies

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Indigenous is defined as "originating or occurring naturally in a particular place." Indigenous can be used to define species of plants and animals that originated in a particular place. It is also used more broadly to refer to native people, those who were here first. Indigenous methodologies tend to approach cultural protocols, values and behaviors as an integral part of methodology. Over the past few decades, scholars involved in research on, with and about indigenous peoples have been discussing a great variety of issues relating to indigenous research, which may be viewed from an indigenous perspective, or from an outside perspective, or from the perspective of a collaboration between a particular indigenous people and outside experts. Some of the most important issues are as follows: critiques of previous research, conducted by outside researchers; indigenous approaches, the decolonization of methodology and the human mind; indigenous epistemologies and epistemological racism; culturally safe research, protection from misinterpretation; mystification and fragmentation of indigenous knowledge; the invention of tradition; the notion of objectivity; legitimation, power and control over research on indigenous issues; intellectual property and ownership of indigenous knowledge; mutual benefit between the researcher and the studied indigenous community; interdisciplinarity and the accountability of indigenous research, etc. This Concise and accessible book will be an ideal supplementary text for anyone conducting Indigenous research or using Indigenous population statistics.

Basudeo Sah is Lecturer, Department of Geography, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. His several research papers have been published in reputed journals. He has also attended many national seminars.

Indigenous is defined as "originating or occurring naturally in a particular place." Indigenous can be used to define species of plants and animals that originated in a particular place. It is also used more broadly to refer to native people, those who were here first. Indigenous methodologies tend to approach cultural protocols, values and behaviors as an integral part of methodology. Over the past few decades, scholars involved in research on, with and about indigenous peoples have been discussing a great variety of issues relating to indigenous research, which may be viewed from an indigenous perspective, or from an outside perspective, or from the perspective of a collaboration between a particular indigenous people and outside experts. Some of the most important issues are as follows: critiques of previous research, conducted by outside researchers; indigenous approaches, the decolonization of methodology and the human mind; indigenous epistemologies and epistemological racism; culturally safe research, protection from misinterpretation; mystification and fragmentation of indigenous knowledge; the invention of tradition; the notion of objectivity; legitimation, power and control over research on indigenous issues; intellectual property and ownership of indigenous knowledge; mutual benefit between the researcher and the studied indigenous community; interdisciplinarity and the accountability of indigenous research, etc. In the Western understanding, research in general may be defined as an investigation or experiment aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts. Research includes collecting information about a particular subject, revising accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, and the practical application of such new or revised theories or laws.

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