Indigenous Methodologies

Indigenous Methodologies is a groundbreaking text in the field of Indigenous research. Since its original publication in 2009, Margaret Kovach's book has become the most-trusted guide used in the study of Indigenous methodologies and has been adopted in university courses around the world. It provides a conceptual and methodological framework for conducting Indigenous methodologies and serves as a useful entry point for those wishing to learn more broadly about Indigenous research.

In this updated edition, Kovach incorporates new literature along with other substantial revisions, including a fulsome discussion of Indigenous theory and analysis, new chapters on community partnership and capacity building, an added focus on oracy and other forms of knowledge dissemination, and a renewed call to decolonize the academy. The second edition also includes discussion questions as a way to enhance classroom interaction with the text. In a field that continues to grow and evolve, and as universities and researchers strive to learn and apply Indigenous-informed research, this important new edition introduces readers to the principles and practices of Indigenous methodologies.

MARGARET KOVACH is a professor in the Department of Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia

Table of contents

Prologue

Introduction

Part I
Chapter 1 - Indigenous Methodologies and Qualitative Inquiry
Chapter 2 - Indigenous Conceptual Framing in Indigenous Methodologies

Part II
Chapter 3 - Epistemology and Research: Centring Tribal Knowledge
Chapter 4 - Indigenous Ethics and Axiology: Miýo (A Good Way)
Chapter 5 - Engaging the Community
Chapter 6 - Situating Self, Culture, and Purpose in Indigenous Methodologies

Part III
Chapter 7 - Indigenous Theorizing
Chapter 8 - Story and Method in Indigenous Methodologies
Chapter 9 - Interpretation and Working with the Findings
Chapter 10 - Mobilizing the Findings: Representation, Oral Dissemination & Giving Back

Part IV
Chapter 11- A Call to Decolonizing the Academy

Concluding Thoughts

References