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Summary:

This essential volume explores the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge, and argues that the decolonization of research methods will help reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being. This eagerly awaited second edition includes substantial revisions, with important additions on new indigenous literature and the role of research in indigenous struggles for social justice, bringing this best-selling book up to date.

Table of Contents:

• Imperialism, history, writing and theory
• Research through imperial eyes
• Colonizing knowledges
• Research adventures on indigenous lands
• Notes from down under
• The indigenous peoples' project: setting a new agenda
• Articulating an indigenous research agenda
• Twenty-five indigenous projects
• Responding to the imperatives of an indigenous agenda: a case study of Maori
• Towards developing indigenous methodologies: Kaupapa Maori research
• Choosing the margins: the role of research in indigenous struggles for social justice
• Getting the story right, telling the story well: indigenous activism, indigenous research
• Conclusion: a personal journey.

Author/Creator:

Smith, Linda Tuhiwai, 1950- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Decolonizing methodologies: research and indigenous peoples [by Smith, L.T.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Decolonizing methodologies [by Smith, L.T.] (Second edition; London : Zed Books ; Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago University Press, 2012 — ISBN 9781877578281; LCCN 2013388579; OCLC Number 805707083)

Subjects:

Indigenous peoples — Research

Ethnology — Research

Ethnology — Methodology

Imperialism — History

Colonization — History

Indigenous peoples

Ethnology

Imperialism

Colonization

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Previous edition: 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 2, 2020).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

GN380 .S65 2012eb

ISBNs:

9781848139534 (electronic bk.)
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OCLC Numbers:

861538625