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Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts Paperback – 23 October 2010

by Margaret Elizabeth Kovach (Author)

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What are Indigenous research methodologies, and how do they unfold? These are the focal considerations of Margaret Kovach's study, which offers guidance to those conducting research in the academy using Indigenous methodologies.

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'This engaging book should be read by all Indigenous students pursuing advance university degrees and everyone who conducts or reviews research in Indigenous communities... Kovach's work helps point us toward the new, mutually respectful forms of dialogue, research, theory, and action that we need to create to support Indigenous research.' -- T.J. Ferguson, Journal of Anthropological Research: vol67:2011 'I highly recommend this book to other researchers, particularly students, considering academic inquiry involving Indigenous peoples.' -- Ella Bennett The Canadian Geographer, vol 56:02:2012

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Margaret Kovach is an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1442612118
Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Toronto Press; Reprint edition (23 October 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 216 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781442612112
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1442612112
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 1.27 x 22.86 cm

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- 341 in Social Sciences Research
- 373 in Anthropology Textbooks

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Kate McBride

A great introduction and narrative

Reviewed in Canada on 5 December 2012

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This is my first book on Indigenous methodologies and I really enjoyed it. Kovach articulates what a lot of researched think and feel is the direction of Indigenous research and has really given words to the situation. Though it can be a little dense at times, it creates a really great story and so I would suggest not trying to read it in a rush. This book is a must read for not only academics but for those trying to understand the place of outside knowledges in the academic institution.

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Francesca Mason Boring

Indigenous Methodologies support a greater "knowing".

Reviewed in the United States on 21 September 2012

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Indigenous Methodologies : Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts is an indispensible tool for those who are seeking broader views, more effective and inclusive perception in the area of research, but even more than that, in life.
Kovach writes" Ethical protocols in research go hand in hand with cultural protocols...overall protocol is about respect"(p.127).
Family, Human & Natural Systems Constellation has been developing for a number of years, touched by the Indigenous teachings and fields of the Zulu people in Africa with whom Bert Hellinger lived and worked. The method utilizes the `knowing field' and works effectively in the midst of what cannot easily be described. Seeing a broader view applied in so many instances in Western disciplines that have hit a wall, we are all looking for less constricted, more relevant paradigms and tools. The conversations contained in Indigenous Methodologies provide those tools and incorporate indigenous wisdom, rather than isolating it.
Ms. Kovach understands context and her inclusion of the sacred as relevant has touched my heart and her observations expand the mind.
Francesca Mason Boring, Shoshone, Author, Connecting to Our Ancestral Past: Healing through Family Constellation, Ceremony & Ritual

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Z.L.

Informative

Reviewed in the United States on 12 March 2021

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I like this book. Very informative on indigenous methodologies we can apply to research. I am using it in my anthropology class, and would recommend it to anyone planning to work with our indigenous nations.