[Engaging/Performing Theories of Decolonizing Research]
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Author/Creator
Julie Kaomea
Description
Author discusses her efforts to reconcile competing expectations of her community and the academy by developing a hybrid research methodology.
Chapter one from Decolonizing Research in Cross-Cultural Contexts edited by Kagendo Mutua and Beth Blue Swadener.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2008, pp. 175-194
Description
Reviews theories and the issues/problems associated with their application by historians and anthropologist. Focus is on two main, competing theories: Hobsbawmian and constructivist.