My Research Is My Story: A Methodological Framework of Inquiry Told Through Storytelling by a Doctor of Philosophy Student. (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Parter, Carmen; Wilson, Shawn
• Other Names: Hsiung Ping-Chun guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Qualitative inquiry. Volume 27:Number 8/9(2021)
• Page Start: 1084
• Page End: 1094
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: Indigenous epistemologies -- Indigenous approaches to knowledge -- ethnicity and race -- new methods and methodologies -- qualitative research -- methodologies -- narrative -- methods of inquiry; Social sciences -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Research -- Periodicals; 300.72
• DOI: 10.1177/1077800420978759
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1077-8004

Abstract

This article uses an Indigenous Research Methodology known as Storywork. Following Indigenous protocols and pedagogy through the telling of stories, the reader and listener is introduced to an Indigenist paradigm and research standpoint. Through describing my standpoint, the stories demonstrate the centrality of my Indigeneity in my methodology while also confirming an Indigenizing framework of inquiry. The stories highlight decisions and actions of government that have dismantled cultures and knowledge systems but can also be applied to public policy to enable and embed culture. Critical reflections within the stories depict Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing in research.