Msit No'kmaq: An Exploration of Positionality and Identity in Indigenous Research
In this paper I explore the Mi’kmaq words Mist No’kmaq, which can be translated as ‘all my relations’. Msit No'kmaq is not only at the center of who I am as a person, but also who I am becoming as a researcher. Reflecting on how to honor all my relations within research, has allowed me to explo...
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ftjwitness:oai:witness.journals.yorku.ca:article/43 2024-09-15T18:18:51+00:00 Msit No'kmaq: An Exploration of Positionality and Identity in Indigenous Research Samms Hurley, Erica Jackson, Margot 2020-06-10 application/pdf https://witness.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/view/43 eng eng York University Libraries/York University School of Nursing https://witness.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/view/43/25 https://witness.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/default/article/view/43 Copyright (c) 2020 Erica Samms Hurley, Margot Jackson Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2020): Special Issue: Nīpawīstimatowin -“bearing witness for one another”; 39-50 2291-5796 Identity Positionality Indigenous research Relational accountability Relations info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article Text 2020 ftjwitness 2024-08-07T03:00:22Z In this paper I explore the Mi’kmaq words Mist No’kmaq, which can be translated as ‘all my relations’. Msit No'kmaq is not only at the center of who I am as a person, but also who I am becoming as a researcher. Reflecting on how to honor all my relations within research, has allowed me to explore my beliefs about research, thereby developing a clear understanding of the purpose and intentions of engaging in Indigenous research. Rather than seeing researchers as insiders or outsiders within the context of Indigenous communities, I argue that it is important to engage in reflexive processes that make visible a researcher’s positionality and who they are and are becoming. *Keywords: Identity, positionality, Indigenous research, relations, relational accountability Article in Journal/Newspaper Mi’kmaq Witness - The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse 2 1 39 50 |
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In this paper I explore the Mi’kmaq words Mist No’kmaq, which can be translated as ‘all my relations’. Msit No'kmaq is not only at the center of who I am as a person, but also who I am becoming as a researcher. Reflecting on how to honor all my relations within research, has allowed me to explore my beliefs about research, thereby developing a clear understanding of the purpose and intentions of engaging in Indigenous research. Rather than seeing researchers as insiders or outsiders within the context of Indigenous communities, I argue that it is important to engage in reflexive processes that make visible a researcher’s positionality and who they are and are becoming. *Keywords: Identity, positionality, Indigenous research, relations, relational accountability |
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Msit No'kmaq: An Exploration of Positionality and Identity in Indigenous Research |
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