Changing the role of non-Indigenous research partners in practice to support Inuit self-determination in research
Efforts to date have not advanced Indigenous participation, capacity building and knowledge in Arctic environmental science in Canada because Arctic environmental science has yet to acknowledge, or truly practice decolonizing research. The expanding literature on decolonizing and Indigenous research...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:bae5a796ae38484688532b42ac94b1ff 2023-05-15T14:23:38+02:00 Changing the role of non-Indigenous research partners in practice to support Inuit self-determination in research K.J. Wilson T. Bell A. Arreak B. Koonoo D. Angnatsiak G.J. Ljubicic 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0021 https://doaj.org/article/bae5a796ae38484688532b42ac94b1ff EN FR eng fre Canadian Science Publishing https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0021 https://doaj.org/toc/2368-7460 doi:10.1139/as-2019-0021 2368-7460 https://doaj.org/article/bae5a796ae38484688532b42ac94b1ff Arctic Science, Vol 6, Iss 3, Pp 127-153 (2020) indigenous research inuit qaujimajatuqangit inuit self-determination in research decolonizing research relational accountability nunaqarqaarsimajut qaujisarnigit inuit nangminiq pigiartittilutik qaujisarniq asinginningaangittunik asirurtausimangittunik qaujisarniq aktuaninga qaujisarniq qaujisartinut nunaliknuarsivallianinga Environmental sciences GE1-350 Environmental engineering TA170-171 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0021 2022-12-31T16:25:38Z Efforts to date have not advanced Indigenous participation, capacity building and knowledge in Arctic environmental science in Canada because Arctic environmental science has yet to acknowledge, or truly practice decolonizing research. The expanding literature on decolonizing and Indigenous research provides guidance towards these alternative research approaches, but less has been written about how you do this in practice and the potential role for non-Indigenous research partners in supporting Inuit self-determination in research. This paper describes the decolonizing methodology of a non-Indigenous researcher partner and presents a co-developed approach, called the Sikumiut model, for Inuit and non-Indigenous researchers interested in supporting Inuit self-determination. In this model the roles of Inuit and non-Indigenous research partners were redefined, with Inuit governing the research and non-Indigenous research partners training and mentoring Inuit youth to conduct the research themselves. The Sikumiut model shows how having Inuit in decision-making positions ensured Inuit data ownership, accessibility, and control over how their Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is documented, communicated, and respected for its own scientific merit. It examines the benefits and potential to build on the existing research capacity of Inuit youth and describes the guidance and lessons learned from a non-Indigenous researcher in supporting Inuit self-determination in research. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic inuit Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Canada Arctic Science 6 3 127 153 |
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Efforts to date have not advanced Indigenous participation, capacity building and knowledge in Arctic environmental science in Canada because Arctic environmental science has yet to acknowledge, or truly practice decolonizing research. The expanding literature on decolonizing and Indigenous research provides guidance towards these alternative research approaches, but less has been written about how you do this in practice and the potential role for non-Indigenous research partners in supporting Inuit self-determination in research. This paper describes the decolonizing methodology of a non-Indigenous researcher partner and presents a co-developed approach, called the Sikumiut model, for Inuit and non-Indigenous researchers interested in supporting Inuit self-determination. In this model the roles of Inuit and non-Indigenous research partners were redefined, with Inuit governing the research and non-Indigenous research partners training and mentoring Inuit youth to conduct the research themselves. The Sikumiut model shows how having Inuit in decision-making positions ensured Inuit data ownership, accessibility, and control over how their Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit is documented, communicated, and respected for its own scientific merit. It examines the benefits and potential to build on the existing research capacity of Inuit youth and describes the guidance and lessons learned from a non-Indigenous researcher in supporting Inuit self-determination in research. |
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Changing the role of non-Indigenous research partners in practice to support Inuit self-determination in research |
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