Indigenous Storytelling and Participatory Action Research: Allies Toward Decolonization? Reflections From the Peoples’ International Health Tribunal

Global Qualitative Nursing Research

C. Susana Caxaj¹ 

关键词: America;    Central;    America;    South;    health promotion;    narrative inquiry;    participatory action research;    power / empowerment;    research;    collaborative;    stories / storytelling;    community capacity;    development;    politics;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2333393615580764

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Storytelling, in its various forms, has often been described as a practice with great emancipatory potential. In turn, Indigenous knowledge shows great promise in guiding a participatory action research (PAR) methodology. Yet these two approaches are rarely discussed in relation to one another, nor, has much been written in terms of how these two approaches may work synergistically toward a decolonizing research approach. In this article, I report on a community-driven knowledge translation activity, the Peoples’ International Health Tribunal, as an exemplar of how narrative and PAR approaches, guided by local Indigenous knowledge, have great potential to build methodologically and ethically robust research processes. Implications for building globally relevant research alliances and scholarship are further discussed, particularly in relation to working with Indigenous communities.

【 授权许可】

CC BY