Indigenous Research Methodologies

Bagele Chilisa    

University of Botswana

Sage - 2012

Responding to increased emphasis in the classroom and the field on exposing students to diverse epistemologies, methods, and methodologies, Bagele Chilisa has written the first textbook that situates research in a larger, historical, cultural, and global context. With case studies from around the world, the book demonstrates the specific methodologies that are commensurate with the transformative paradigm of research and the historical and cultural traditions of third-world and indigenous peoples.

Chapter 1. Situating Knowledge Systems
Chapter 2. Discovery and Recovery: Reading and Conducting Research Responsibly
Chapter 3. Whose Reality Counts? Research Methods in Question
Chapter 4. Postcolonial Indigenous Research Paradigms
Chapter 5. Theorizing on Social Science Research Methods: Indigenous Perspectives
Chapter 6. Culturally Responsive Indigenous Research Methodologies
Chapter 7. Decolonizing the Interview Method
Chapter 8. Participatory Research Methods
Chapter 9. Postcolonial Indigenous Feminist Research Methodologies
Chapter 10. Building Partnerships and Integrating Knowledge Systems

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