Decolonizing Methodologies
Research and Indigenous Peoples

A call by an indigenous researcher for the decolonizing of research methods, which critically examines the historical and philosophical base of Western research. The book provides a literature which validates frustrations with various Western paradigms, academic traditions and methodologies.

transformed". In the first part of the book, the author critically examines the historical and philosophical base of western research. Extending the work of Foucault, she explores the intersections of imperialism, knowledge and research. The second part of the book meets the urgent need for literature which validates various frustrations with various western paradigms, academic traditions and methodologies. In setting an agenda for planning and implementing indigenous research, the author shows how such programmes are part of the wider project of reclaiming control over indigenous ways of knowing and being.

Imperialism, history, writing and theory
research through the imperial lens
colonizing knowledges
research adventures
the end of one part, the beginning of another
setting the modern indigenous research agenda
articulating an indigenous research agenda
25 projects
responding to the imperatives of an indigenous agenda - a case study of Maori
towards developing indigenous methodologies - Kaupapa Maori research. Conclusion: a personal journey.