Through a Critical Lens: Indigenist Research and the Dadirri Method
Abstract
Indigenous scholars have addressed the problematic nature of research by adopting methodologies that fit well with their communities and that relate effectively and culturally with how knowledge is shared to give indigenous people a voice. In this article we discuss Dadirri, an indigenous research method and way of life, as a vital research framework, connecting it to other relevant political and critical methodologies such as Freire’s transformative education process and Habermas’ theory of communicative action. In doing so, we illustrate how this methodology provides a significant framework for indigenous researchers undertaking liberatory studies that promote change.
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Without acknowledging the underlying deep epistemological and cosmological context that drives health and well-being in Native communities, additive cultural approaches may diminish the salience and power of Native cultural practices, reinforce stereotypes, and produce unintended individual and community iatrogenic effects leading to inadvertent colonization.
“without acknowledging the underlying deep epistemological and cosmological context that drives health and well-being in the Native community, which differ from Western worldviews, this approach may unknowingly diminish the salience and power of Native cultural practices. It can further reinforce stereotypes, while possibly producing unintended individual and community iatrogenic effects leading to”
From Growing from Our Roots: Strategies for Developing Culturally Grounded Health Promotion Interventions in American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Communities (2020) · cites this paper as West et al, 2012
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- Authors
- West, R., Stewart, L., Foster, K., & Usher, K.
- Affiliations
- James Cook University (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Venue
- Qualitative Health Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-08-31
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1582-1590
- ISSN
- 1049-7323 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7557
- OpenAlex
- W2172030756
- Cited by
- 108
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 2.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Update notices
- correction (2012-11-21)
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Qualitative Health Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- ResearchOnline at James Cook University (James Cook University) (submittedVersion)
- Research Bank (Australian Catholic University) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- RUNE (Research UNE) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Keywords
- Indigenous research methodologies, critical research, transformative education, Paulo Freire, Jürgen Habermas, communicative action, indigenous knowledge
- MeSH terms
- Australia, Delivery of Health Care, Humans, Language, Models, Theoretical, Research Design
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