Insurgent Research

Gaudry, Adam

doi:10.1353/wic.2011.0006

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“…The research approach was inspired by the previous work of Indigenous scholars [52,53] and non-Indigenous scholars [54,55], who have extensive experience building ethical research relationships with Indigenous communities. A community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach [55] and insurgent research approach, which aims to guide researcher responsibility back to the community [53], were adopted in order to engage in ethical research with KFN and generate mutually beneficial research outcomes. KFN guided all aspects of the research project, including decisions about research focus, research design, interviewee selection, community researcher engagement, interpretation of findings, and reporting.…”

Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Culturally Driven Monitoring: The Importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Indicators in Understanding Aquatic Ecosystem Change in the Northwest Territories’ Dehcho Region

2020

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There is growing concern about the sustainability of freshwater ecosystems in northern Canada that are under significant stress from climate change, resource development, and hydroelectric development, among others. Community-based monitoring (CBM) based on traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has the potential to contribute to understanding impacts on the environment and community livelihoods. This paper shares insights about culturally driven monitoring, through collaborative research with Kátł’odeeche First Nation (KFN) in the Northwest Territories. This research was initiated in 2018 to improve understanding of the changes occurring in the Hay River and Buffalo River sub-basins, which extend primarily across the Alberta and Northwest Territories borders. Drawing on 15 semi-structured interviews conducted with KFN elders, fish harvesters, and youth, this paper illustrates the kinds of social–ecological indicators used by KFN to track changes in the health of aquatic systems as well as the fishing livelihoods of local people. Utilizing indicators, fishers observe declines in fish health, water quality, water quantity, and ice thickness in their lifetime. Community members perceive these changes to be a result of the cumulative effects of environmental stressors. The indicators as well as trends and patterns being observed and experienced can contribute to both social learning in the community as well as the governance of the larger Mackenzie River Basin.

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Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Culturally Driven Monitoring: The Importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Indicators in Understanding Aquatic Ecosystem Change in the Northwest Territories’ Dehcho Region

2020

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“…Underpinning the research is a Kaupapa Māori methodology, which advocates research by Māori, for Māori (Bishop, 1999). A second key element of Kaupapa Māori research is ensuring that research supports iwi aspirations and is mutually beneficial rather than extractive, with strong similarities to community-engaged research conducted with other Indigenous communities (Gabel & Goodman 2019b;Gaudry, 2011;Smith, 1999). We used existing connections with Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa (one of co-authors is a member and previously worked for the iwi) to collaborate with them to consider what sorts of research about their elections and governance might prove mutually beneficial.…”

Section: Methodology and Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Voting in Māori Governance Entities

Bargh

Rata

2020

iipj

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Internationally, declining voter turnout is a topic of considerable concern in many liberal democracies. In this article, we investigate whether these similar trends can be discerned in the voter turnout for Māori governance entities. We first explore some of the demographic contexts within which Māori governance entities operate with a specific focus on population, residence, and age. We then provide a detailed descriptive analysis of voting data from one particular entity: Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa, with whom we worked to understand how their elections inform their aspirations for continuing connectedness with tribal members. In the final section of the article, we present findings from an analysis of publicly available tribal voting data to see whether the trend of declining voter turnout is observable and whether online voting is shown to impact turnout.

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“…Whereas decolonization, the act of undoing or dismantling colonialism, has roles for both Indigenous and settler peoples, Indigenous resurgence is a call specifically to reclaim Indigenous nations' teachings and practices that are rooted in natural laws (Garroutte, 2005;Gaudry, 2011;Grande, 2000). These natural laws, essential to resurgence-based praxis, are embedded in the lands and waters that sustain Indigenous communities (Grande, 2000;McAdam, 2015).…”

Section: Learning To Practice With and From The Land And Watermentioning

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Ȼentol Tŧe Teṉew̱ (Together With the Land)

Finney

Cardinal

Mowatt

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IJCYFS

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In this paper, Part 2 of a two-paper series, we extend our learning on land- and water-based pedagogies from Part 1 to outline broader debates about upholding resurgence in frontline practice with Indigenous children, youth, and families. This article shares key learning from an Indigenous land- and water-based institute held from 2019 to 2020 that was facilitated by knowledge keepers from local First Nations and coordinated by faculty mentors from the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria. The purpose of the one-year institute was to convene a circle of Indigenous graduate students and faculty to engage in land- and water-based learning and meaningful mentoring connections with Indigenous Old Ones, Elders, and knowledge keepers. Students participated in land- and water-based activities and ceremonies, learning circles, and writing workshops, and were invited to develop and share culturally grounded frameworks to inform their frontline practice with children, youth, families, and communities. Drawing on a storytelling approach to share our learning from this institute, we explore the praxis and challenges of resurgence in deeply damaging colonial contexts. Our individual and collective reflections on Indigenous land-based pedagogies focus on local knowledges, our own diverse perspectives and frontline work, and ethical land and community engagements as integral to resurgent Indigenous practice.

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Insurgent Research

Cited by 55 publications

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Culturally Driven Monitoring: The Importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Indicators in Understanding Aquatic Ecosystem Change in the Northwest Territories’ Dehcho Region

Culturally Driven Monitoring: The Importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge Indicators in Understanding Aquatic Ecosystem Change in the Northwest Territories’ Dehcho Region

Voting in Māori Governance Entities

Ȼentol Tŧe Teṉew̱ (Together With the Land)

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