Decolonizing Methodologies by Linda Tuhiwai Smith - 9781786998125

Decolonizing MethodologiesResearch and Indigenous Peoples\nAuthor(s): Linda Tuhiwai Smith\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Zed Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781786998125, 978-1786998125\nSynopsis\nTo the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory.\n\nThis essential volume explores intersections of imperialism and research - specifically, the ways in which imperialism is embedded in disciplines of knowledge and tradition as 'regimes of truth.' Concepts such as 'discovery' and 'claiming' are discussed and an argument presented that the decolonization of research methods will help to reclaim control over indigenous ways of knowing and being.\n\nNow in its eagerly awaited third edition, this bestselling book includes a co-written introduction and features contributions from indigenous scholars on the books contin.