Indigenous Methodologies

What are Indigenous research methodologies, and how do they unfold? Indigenous methodologies flow from tribal knowledge, and while they are allied with several western qualitative approaches, they remain distinct. These are the focal considerations of Margaret Kovach’s study,which offers guidance to those conducting research in the academy using Indigenous methodologies.

Kovach includes topics such as Indigenous epistemologies, decolonizing theory, story as method, situating self and culture, Indigenous methods, protocol, meaning-making, and ethics. In exploring these elements, the book interweaves perspectives from six Indigenous researchers who share their stories, and also includes excerpts from the author’s own journey into Indigenous methodologies. Indigenous Methodologies is an innovative and important contribution to the emergent discourse on Indigenous research approaches and will be of use to graduate students, professors, and community-based researchers of all backgrounds – both within the academy and beyond.

Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts 1st Edition is written by Margaret Kovach and published by University of Toronto Press. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Indigenous Methodologies are 9781442697126, 1442697121 and the print ISBNs are 9781442612112, 1442612118.