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Storytelling, Culture, and Indigenous Methodology

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Chan, Adrienne S.·2021·Discourses, Dialogue and Diversity in Biographical Research
DOI 10.1163/9789004465916_012
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This chapter examines the role of Indigenous storytelling as a method and an epistemology, with an explicit connection to land-based work, community, and a sustained a process for healing with Indigenous peoples. The chapter describes important personal insights for the researcher, and the development of a better understanding of relationships with youth and young adults within the context of the storytelling process. Storytelling can be a way of reclaiming identity and reclaiming one’s own stories, rather than being defined and storied by hegemonic forces. Storytelling has been valued in traditional ways of knowing in Indigenous cultures and is seen as a primary means to pass on knowledge over generations. Through research on the resilience of Indigenous youth and their relationship to culture, identity, and land, there are stories created and recreated. The research is the story and it makes a difference to how Indigenous youth and adults learn experience their lives. The particular focus of this work is with Indigenous youth, young adults, and their ability to remain healthy and hopeful, rather than despairing, and at a loss regarding identity and belonging.

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Authors
Chan, A. S.
Corresponding author
Chan, Adrienne S.
Venue
Discourses, Dialogue and Diversity in Biographical Research
Publisher
BRILL
Published
2021-06-17
Pages
170-185
DOI
10.1163/9789004465916_012
OpenAlex
W3198427806
Cited by
50
References
26
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1
FWCI
37.19
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
  • Social Sciences › Education › Indigenous and Place-Based Education
Keywords
Indigenous storytelling, Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous epistemologies, Indigenous youth, indigenous identity, cultural identity, healing, intergenerational knowledge transmission, resilience, sense of belonging, youth and young adults

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