Perceptions of Digital Libraries With Indigenous Knowledge: An Exploratory Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Debra Lynn Capponi
Description
Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of Tennessee, 2010.
Examines workshops created by Indigenous elders and academic researchers to improve culturally safe research practices with Indigenous populations.
Examines a collaborative effort by Indigenous graduate students and non-Indigenous professors on Indigenous community research.
Authors discuss the possibilities and limitations inherent in their use of Métissage—assemblage through mixing, blending—as a research method in their PhD studies.
Examine a new method of conducting research within Indigenous communities that works in collaborations with Indigenous cultural beliefs and for the benefit of the communities themselves.