Sandra Styres, D. Zinga, Sheila Bennett, Michelle Bomberry
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Abstract
Certainly in the past and even in the present day, the term research for Indigenous people has been fraught with strong, negative, emotional associations; however, de ‐ spite the many remaining challenges there is a shifting within the landscape of aca ‐ demia to recognize that research on Indigenous issues must cultivate respectful and reciprocal relationships with those communities. In this study, we demonstrate that to conduct research collaboratively based on elements of respect, relationship, relevance, and reciprocity, all collaborators must walk in two worlds to balance the needs of communities with the systemic realities of academia. To illustrate our point, we focus our story on one project that is currently underway between the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and Brock University. In our narrative we illustrate how the relationships that were fostered call into question commonly accepted university practices as well as engage community partners in understanding some of the limita tions and possibilities in some of those practices. This article focuses on some tough issues; however, the collaborators in this project are in the process of forging some ‐ thing new that may serve as one example of how such partnerships can be authen tically created. Key words: Indigenous research, Indigenous ways of knowing, community‐based research, power‐sharing research, Hodenosaunee research method, research ethics Pour les peuples autochtones, le mot “recherche” a ete et demeure toujours empreint de fortes associations emotives negatives; cependant, malgre les defis importants qui se doivent d’etre surmontes, on constate un changement au sein du monde universi ‐ taire : la reconnaissance que la recherche sur les themes et les realites des peuples autochtones doit d’abord et avant tout etre fondees sur des relations reciproques res ‐ pectueuses avec ces communautes. Notre etude demontre que pour mener une re ‐ cherche reellement collaborative fondee sur les elements du respect, de l’entree en relation, de la pertinence et de la reciprocite, l’ensemble des collaborateurs doivent se situer dans l’entre ‐ deux assurant ainsi l’equilibre entre les besoins des communautes autochtones et les exigences du monde universitaire. Afin d’illustrer ce constat, nous vous partageons le deroulement et le denouement d’une collaboration reelle entre les Six Nations de la region de Grand River et des chercheurs de l’Universite Brock (On ‐ tario). Notre expose narratif demontre comment la creation et le developpement de liens authentiques entre les membres de la communaute des Six Nations et les univer ‐ sitaires ont remis en question des pratiques courantes de la culture universitaire et permis un espace discursif pour expliquer aux partenaires communautaires les limites et les avantages de certaines de ces pratiques. Cet article aborde donc des themes difficiles; cependant, les collaborateurs a ce projet sont a forger de nouveaux proces ‐ sus et de nouvelles pratiques de recherche qui peuvent servir d’exemple pour la crea ‐ tion de partenariats authentiques en recherche collaborative. Mots ‐ cles : recherche autochtone, modes de connaissance autochtones, recherches communautaires, recherche fondee sur le partage du pouvoir, methode de recherche Hodenosaunee, ethique en recherche.
期刊介绍:
The Canadian Journal of Education (CJE) is a national peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the membership of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education. The CJE prioritizes research and scholarly writing that is of relevance to the Canadian education community. The journal is read by scholars worldwide, and aims to represent the valuable contributions that Canadian scholars in education continue to make to the field. The Journal accepts and publishes both French and English articles and book reviews. CJE on occasion also publishes international papers that shed light on shared issues and that include Canadian authors as references.