Indigenous Autoethnography: Formulating Our Knowledge, Our Way

Autor/in	Houston, Jennifer
Titel	Indigenous Autoethnography: Formulating Our Knowledge, Our Way
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 36 (2007), S.45-50 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1326-0111
Schlagwörter	Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Populations; Research Methodology; Researchers; Western Civilization; Validity; Ethnography; Ethics; Cultural Awareness; Story Telling; Biographies; Interdisciplinary Approach; Epistemology; Females + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Researcher; Forscher; Gültigkeit; Ethnografie; Ethik; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Erkenntnistheorie; Weibliches Geschlecht
Abstract	This paper seeks to engage the cultural interface where Indigenous knowledge meets Western academia, by questioning the validity of traditional research methods. Firstly, it is a response to the challenges facing Indigenous people confronted with the ethical and methodological issues arising from academic research. Secondly, it is a journey "into" academia, where the researcher is all too often forced to remove the "self" from the "subject"; a difficult task for an Aboriginal person involved in research concerning Aboriginal people. Distancing oneself from research is even more difficult if the research is based closer to home, in one's own community. Therefore, a significant need exists for Indigenous people to conduct and present research in a manner respectful of Indigenous ways of understanding and reflective of the ways in which Indigenous peoples wish to be framed and understood. This need has fuelled the search for Indigenous methodologies, which challenge the imperial basis of Western knowledge and the images of the Indigenous "Other". The search for appropriate methodologies is part of the process Linda Smith (1999) calls "decolonisation". The Indigenous researcher--burdened with the challenge to perform academically rigorous research and the desire to practice this research respectfully--is often overwhelmed with internal conflict. Indigenous autoethnography represents one methodological option to such researchers. Indigenous autoethnography seeks to establish itself as a legitimate and respectful means of acquiring and formulating knowledge, by combining the tradition of storytelling, with the practice of academic research. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Queensland. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia. Tel: +61-7-3365-1969; Fax: +61-7-3365-6855; e-mail: ajie@uq.edu.au; Web site: http://www.atsis.uq.edu.au/ajie/
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Update	2017/4/10