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Phillips, Helen

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“…Although some feminist literature regarding the female experience of criminal justice exists (see Baskin et al, 1989;Carlen, 1983;Dodge, [1999] 2005; Hannah-Moffat, [2000] 2005; Leonard, 1983;Morash et al, 1994;Ross and Fabiano, 1986), 'Aboriginal feminists' 1 often highlight the colonising process of criminal justice when critiquing Western systems (Lucashenko, 1994) and the harms of employing feminist rationales in explaining the experiences of First Peoples women (Fredericks, 2010;Houle, 2012;Lucashenko, 1994;Phillips, 2012;Wilson, 1996). Although feminists argue that the movement against patriarchy champions change for minority women, 'Aboriginal feminists' criticise feminist commentary for perpetuating the oppression of First Peoples women by assuming the ubiquitous sisterhood and the homogeneous nature of women (Grande, 2003;Grey, 2003Grey, -2004Morgan, 1970;Udel, 2001).…”

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Yarning and appreciative inquiry: The use of culturally appropriate and respectful research methods when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australian prisons

Leeson

Smith

Rynne

2016

Methodological Innovations

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With First Peoples and non–First Peoples scholars alike questioning the efficacy of research methods based solely upon accepted social science research paradigms with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, innovative and ontologically inclusive alternatives require consideration. Research conducted with incarcerated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in the Northern Territory and Western Australia may provide such an opportunity, arguing for a method of ‘research at the interface’ that utilises appreciative inquiry with culturally appropriate conversations (yarning). Employed across four prisons, the interface research method was applied as an innovative solution to measuring prison performance. It highlighted the lived experience of incarceration while re-imagining the prison, as it exists when it functions at its best. The article begins with a snapshot of the research conducted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in prisons across the Northern Territory and Western Australia; this provides a frame through which to consider the efficacy of interfacing First Peoples research paradigms with Western traditional modes of research. Furthermore, the innovative application of appreciative inquiry to the prison is discussed. Given that appreciative inquiry explores and privileges the narrative as a means of making sense of the prison experience, the authors suggest it complements the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander tradition of ‘yarning’. A yarning style represents a way of ensuring cultural safety, respect and the utilisation of First Peoples ontology to research conducted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Overall, it is delineated how interfacing appreciative inquiry and yarning may provide a viable alternative to the deep colonising and perpetually oppressive use of Western modes of scholarship when engaging in research with First Peoples.

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