Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the socio-political context and intersectionality in the Pacific.
2. Identify the key features of Pacific research methodologies and inclusive research methodologies.
3. Analyse the relevance and appropriateness of inclusive principles to Pacific research methodologies.
4. Critically reflect on Pacific and inclusive methodological choices and practices relevant to Pacific contexts.
5. Design an annotated outline for a research project that incorporates Pacific research methodologies and inclusive research methodologies.

Indicative Assessment

1. Oral presentation (30) [LO 1,2,3]
2. Talanoa reflection (in class, in writing or in an audio file) (30) [LO 1,2,3,4]
3. Annotated research proposal (40) [LO 1,2,3,4,5]

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Workload

This course requires 130 hours comprising seminars as well as associated preparation, independent study, and assessment time.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Prescribed Texts

·        Anae, M. 2016. Teu Le Va: Samoan Relational Ethics. Knowledge Cultures 4(3):117-130.

·        Baba, T. 2004. Pacific and Indigenous Research: Beyond Bondage and Patronage. In T. Baba, O. Mahina, N. Williams and U. Nabobo-Baba (eds). Researching the Pacific and Indigenous Peoples: Issues and Perspectives. Auckland: Centre for Pacific Studies, The University of Auckland, 95-104.

·        Curtis, E. 2016. Indigenous Positioning in Health Research: The Importance of Kaupapa Maori Theory-informed Practice. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 12(4):396–410.

·        Datta, R. 2018. Traditional Storytelling: An Effective Indigenous Research Methodology and Its Implications for Environmental Research. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 14(1):35–44.

·        Fa’avae, D., A. Jones and L. Manu’atu 2016. Talanoa’i ‘A e Talanoa—Talking about Talanoa: Some Dilemmas of a Novice Researcher. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 12(2):138–150.

·        Farrelly, T. and U. Nabobo-Baba 2014. Talanoa as Empathic Apprenticeship. Asia Pacific Viewpoint 55(3):319-330.

·        Filipo, T. 2004. In Search of a Culturally Appropriate Approach to Research: A Samoan Case. In T. Baba, O. Mahina, N. Williams and U. Nabobo-Baba (eds). Researching the Pacific and Indigenous Peoples: Issues and Perspectives. Auckland: Centre for Pacific Studies, The University of Auckland, 179-185.

·        Futter-Puati, D. and T. Maua-Hodges 2019. Stitching Tivaevae: A Cook Islands Research Method. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 15(2):140–149.

·        Hammond, C., W. Gifford, R. Thomas, S. Rabaa, O. Thomas and M.-C. Domecq 2018. Arts-based Research Methods with Indigenous Peoples: An International Scoping Review. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 14(3):260–276.

·        Kwame, A. 2017. Reflexivity and the Insider/Outsider Discourse in Indigenous Research: My Personal Experience

Preliminary Reading

·        Ackerly, B. and True, J. 2020. Doing Feminist Research in Political and Social Science Second edition, London: Red Globe Press.

·        Ahmed, S. 2017. Living a Feminist Life. Durham: Duke University Press.

·        Bananuka, T. & Vaughn, M. (2015). Picturing community development work in Uganda: Fostering dialogue through photovoice. Community Development Journal, 50(2), 196-212.

·        Bourke, R. (207). The ethics of including and ‘standing up’ for children and young people in educational research. Journal of Inclusive Education. 21(3). 231-233.

·        Broome, B.J., Derk, I., Razzante, R.J., Steiner, E., Taylor, J. and Zamora, A. (2019), Building an Inclusive Climate for Intercultural Dialogue: A Participant-Generated Framework. Negotiation Confl Manage Res, 12: 234-255. doi:10.1111/ncmr.12158

·        Burchill, M., Higgins, D., Ramsamy, L., & Taylor, S. (2006). Workin’ together’: Indigenous perspectives on community development. Family Matters, 75, 50-59.

·        Connell, D. (1997). Participatory Development. Development in Practice, 7(3), 248-259.

·        Coughlin, S., Smith, S. and Fernandez, M. 2017. Handbook of Community-based Participatory Research New York: Oxford University Press.

·        Davis, S. N. and Hattery, A. 2018. Teaching feminist research methods: A comment and an evaluation. Journal of Feminist Scholarship 15(1) pp. 49-60.

·        Eves, R., Lusby, S. with Araia,T., Maeni, M-F., and Martin, R. 2018. Do No Harm Research: Solomon Islands. Canberra: Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University

·        Eversole, R 2003, ‘Managing the pitfalls of participatory development: some insight from Australia’, World Development, vol.31, no. 5, pp. 781-795.

·        Eversole, R. (2012). Remaking participation: challenges for community development practice. Community Development Journal, 47(1), 29–41.

·        Fonow, M. and Cook, J. eds. 1991. Beyond Methodology: Feminist Scholarship as Lived Research. Bloomington: Indiana

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