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The Pacific Research Paradigm: Opportunities and challenges
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Around the world, favourable social and political circumstances have encouraged the development of academically non-traditional ways of researching.This article explores the recent proliferation of research approaches from Pacific and Pasifika communities which, in some Australian and New Zealand contexts, are attracting increased interest from policymakers and researchers.We present a socio-historical account of how the Pacific research paradigm emerged and some key contemporary Pacific research approaches within this paradigm.We then critique aspects of the paradigm's development by discussing opportunities and challenges.Our main argument is for researcher reflexivity and dialogue, important for the development and sustainability of research inspired by Pacific ways of knowing and being.We believe this will lead to research in which Pacific communities will recognise themselves and their aspirations for the future.
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- MAI Journal: A New Zealand Journal of Indigenous Scholarship
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- Nga Pae o te Maramatanga
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- 2019-07-31
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- 2230-6862
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