(IND1) Research with Indigenous People: Best Practices in Creative and Community-Based Methodologies

This panel of academics, community partners, and Indigenous participants from the Alberta Treaty 7 community will present the development of, and initial findings from, a SSHRC Partnership Engage research project. Specifically, the panel will discuss their experiences utilizing a community-based participatory (CBPR) method that involved a Two-Eyed Seeing framework proposed by Mi’kmaw Elders, Murdena and Albert Marshall. Two-eyed seeing involves reflecting on the process and the complementarity between Indigenous knowledge and Western knowledge. Finally, the unique data collection process and initial findings will be discussed. Data was collected using visual methodologies (autophotography and photo-elicitation). Autophotography is an ethnographic research method used in the field that creates an environment where the researcher and the reader can see the world through the participant’s eyes. Because it does not rely on participants having to speak for themselves, or research instruments that are culturally unreliable, autophotography has become an important tool for building bridges with marginalized groups. Photo elicitation is simply the use of photographs to generate discussion. The use of visual research methods generates rich, informative responses, which facilitates the ability of researchers and participants to capture subtle meanings. It also improves the trustworthiness of the findings through participant data member validation.

Presenters:

Cynthia Gallop, Mount Royal University

Harpreet Aulakh, Mount Royal University

Sarah Russell, Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary

Tags: Étude autochtones, Méthodes de recherche

Organizateurs: Cynthia Gallop, Mount Royal University, Harpreet Aulakh, Mount Royal University