Methodologies & Ethics

Describes the activities of the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at the Kwantlen Polytechnic University.

Uses a theoretical approach to try to understand the theory and perspective that was originally developed to account for the colonizing effort in North America and apply it to precolonial conditions.

Discusses the issue of non-Indigenous authors writing about Aboriginal society and culture, and gives some practical advice for those attempting to do so.

2nd edition.

Discusses problematic methodological approaches to Aboriginal art that have become a standard for use by historians and anthropologists and suggests how to write about art in the future.

In personal narrative, author explains the influence of personal experiences, graduate research and Elder's teachings. Essay for graduate-level class.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.

Paper describes the methodology use by the author in gathering narratives from 15 Haudenosaunee Grandmothers from the Six Nations community for a research study; discusses and centers Indigenous teachings, worldviews, and ways of knowing as a research practice.

Looks at the impact of culture and methodology on creating a cross-cultural moral theory.

Findings indicated that benefits outweighed the drawbacks.