What (and Who) Is Research For?
Channel: ajnabieh
Date: 19/09/2021

Why do we conduct research? What is 'science' actually for?

This video introduces some key concepts from Turtle Island (North America) Indigenous approaches to knowledge and research. Please take some time to learn about these ideas from Indigenous scholars themselves, not just from me.  If you are studying with me, we will be doing readings on these issues, but if you're coming across this another way, here are some suggested readings:

Absolon, Kathleen E. Kaandossiwin: How We Come to Know. Fernwood Pub., 2011.
Kimmerer, Robin Wall. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. First edition., Milkweed Editions, 2013.
Smith, Linda Tuhiwai. Decolonizing Methodologies : Research and Indigenous Peoples. Third edition., Zed Books, 2021.
Wilson, Shawn. Research Is Ceremony : Indigenous Research Methods. Fernwood Publishing, 2008.