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Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples Tuhiwai Smith, Linda

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dunedin, N.Z. University of Otago Press 1999Description: 208 pISBN:
  • 1877133671
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 TUH
Summary: Note: 3rd edition published by Zed, 2021, 2nd edition published by Zed, 2012 - these editions are not currently held. This New Zealand-based book presents a critical examination of the historical and philosophical basis of Western research. In the first part of the book, the author extends the work of Foucault and explores the interaction of imperialism, knowledge and research, and in doing so provides a history of knowledge from the Enlightenment to post colonial times. The second half of the book provides an agenda for planning and implementing indigenous research, with a focus on kaupapa Maori research. The author argues that indigenous research approaches are part of a wider project to reclaim control over indigenous knowledge and being.
List(s) this item appears in: Te ao Māori - Frameworks, strategies and tools
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Book Book Vine library TRO 300.72 TUH 1999 Available A00672343B

Note: 3rd edition published by Zed, 2021, 2nd edition published by Zed, 2012 - these editions are not currently held.

This New Zealand-based book presents a critical examination of the historical and philosophical basis of Western research. In the first part of the book, the author extends the work of Foucault and explores the interaction of imperialism, knowledge and research, and in doing so provides a history of knowledge from the Enlightenment to post colonial times. The second half of the book provides an agenda for planning and implementing indigenous research, with a focus on kaupapa Maori research. The author argues that indigenous research approaches are part of a wider project to reclaim control over indigenous knowledge and being.

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