Collaborative Research among the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma

Kuhlmann, Annette

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“…Instituting a community development approach among culturally diverse populations is not simple. Several challenges of empowering community members and implementing community change in diverse cultural groups have been documented in applied anthropology (Gardner & Lewis, 1996;Kuhlmann, 1992) and are consistent with our experiences in this study. Tensions often center around project staff relinquishing power but retaining some authority in project activities; building trust and mutual respect with community members who have had their trust and respect violated in other encounters; representing the community in appropriate ways; working through community structures and processes that work quite differently from those of the universities and service organizations outside the community; and instituting full collaboration with community representatives while meeting time limitations and regulations of the funding agency (Fine, 1994;Johannsen, 1992;Kuhlmann, 1992).…”

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confidence: 90%

Community Development Approaches for Early Intervention

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Wesley

Skinner

1999

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

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This study assessed the impact of a project that used a community development framework to implement change in early care and intervention services in two culturally diverse communities. Two aspects of community development are emphasized: the change process, which involves creating a community planning team to identify and implement change strategies; and empowerment theory, to develop and test new ways of giving consumers a voice in shaping community-based reform. This article describes how community forums and parent leadership training assisted in change efforts, reports results associated with four short-term outcomes, and discusses lessons learned from implementing and evaluating reforms in culturally diverse and traditionally underserved communities.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Community Development Approaches for Early Intervention

Buysse

Wesley

Skinner

1999

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

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“…The exchange of knowledge is a fundamental expression of equity. Researchers working with other Native-American groups have coined terms such as reciprocal learning (38) and reciprocal education (39) to describe this process of sharing knowledge. Finally, the concept of equity also recognizes that the community has political power that may impact the conduct of the research in the community and may position the project within the government's research priorities.…”

Section: Implications Of Community Principles For Human Health Researchmentioning

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A partnership study of PCBs and the health of Mohawk youth: lessons from our past and guidelines for our future.

Schell

Tarbell

1998

Environ Health Perspect

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This paper describes a research partnership between the people of Akwesasne and researchers from the State University of New York at Albany for the study of polychlorinated biphenyls and the health of Mohawk youth. The study is distinctive because its goals have been set by the scientists and the community members and is being conducted jointly by these groups. The research partnership recognizes the history of relationships between native and nonnative peoples, particularly scientists, and seeks not only to fulfill certain scientific goals but to further community ones as well. The relationship is based on three principles: mutual respect, mutual equity, and mutual empowerment. These principles guided every aspect of the research process. The project goals were determined jointly to maximize data quality and minimize the intrusion of research activities into the lives of community members. Data collection is performed by research assistants who received extensive and ongoing training in data collection methods, and who are members of the community. Feedback procedures were designed by community members and scientists jointly to maximize understanding. Feedback regarding individuals' pollutant levels and assessments of growth and development are provided to each individual. Information about community pollutant levels are provided to the community. Hypothesis testing is carried out by research scientists, and the results presented first at a community meeting.Research conducted in this way-as a partnership-requires more communication, discussion, and travel, but the result is mutual satisfaction and growth. -Environ Health Perspect 1 06(Suppl 3): 833-840 (1998). http//ehpnetl.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1998/Suppl-3/833-84Oschell/abstract.html

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“…The contract ethnographer, unlike an applied or practicing anthropologist, does not assume the role of culture broker or ombudsperson. The practicing anthropologist, for example, might serve as an advocate to assist local community members in receiving benefits to which they are entitled (Kuhlmann 1992). While the contract ethnographer may be proficient at conducting research of benefit to the community, time is allocated only for collecting ethnographic data from informants; this fact sustains the asymmetrical researcher-informant relationship.…”

Section: Congruence and Deviation Of The Contract Ethnographer's Rolementioning

confidence: 99%

"That Is Not My Role, Really": Hazards in Entering the Field and Developing a Role in Contract Research

McKenna

1997

NAPA Bulletin

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Collaborative Research among the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma

Cited by 11 publications

References 4 publications

Community Development Approaches for Early Intervention

Community Development Approaches for Early Intervention

A partnership study of PCBs and the health of Mohawk youth: lessons from our past and guidelines for our future.

"That Is Not My Role, Really": Hazards in Entering the Field and Developing a Role in Contract Research

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