{"id":132,"date":"2021-05-14T15:30:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T22:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/?page_id=132"},"modified":"2021-06-13T16:03:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T23:03:05","slug":"module-4-decolonizing-research-methods-and-participatory-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/module-4-decolonizing-research-methods-and-participatory-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 4 &#8211; Decolonizing Research Methods and Participatory Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Why we should use a decolonised approach to research?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While we should acknowledge that there are multiple sites where the struggle against oppression and exploitation might be taken up, Indigenous peoples must set the agenda for change themselves, not simply react to an agenda that has been laid out for us by others. (Smith, 2000, p. 210)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Explore what Decolonizing Research means:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What are the principles of Indigenous Research and Worldviews?<\/b><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ili-indent\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Everyone has knowledge<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are many ways of knowing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Knowledge is collaboratively generated, not individually\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Relationships are paramount (Relational Accountability = non-extractive)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Research is Ceremony (Wilson, 2008)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b>Consider the difference between YPAR and Decolonizing Research<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Video<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Youth Participatory Action Research YPAR Module 4\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fgmjBVP9aCc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>Where can we find out more?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smith, Tina Piulia DeCouto, Ashley Carvill (2018-2019). Balancing Worldviews: Climate Change Solutions in Canada\u2019s North Chloe Dragon <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gordonfoundation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JGNF_2018-2019_Balancing-Worldviews_-Climate-Change-Solutions-in-Canada%E2%80%99s-North_Final_Paper.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/gordonfoundation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/JGNF_2018-2019_Balancing-Worldviews_-Climate-Change-Solutions-in-Canada%E2%80%99s-North_Final_Paper.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-222\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200516_112925-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200516_112925-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200516_112925-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200516_112925-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200516_112925-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200516_112925-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why we should use a decolonised approach to research? While we should acknowledge that there are multiple sites where the struggle against oppression and exploitation might be taken up, Indigenous peoples must set the agenda for change themselves, not simply react to an agenda that has been laid out for us by others. (Smith, 2000, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/module-4-decolonizing-research-methods-and-participatory-engagement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Module 4 &#8211; Decolonizing Research Methods and Participatory Engagement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-132","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310,"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/132\/revisions\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/ypar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}