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FIMS 9610   Indigenizing Research Methodologies

Course Description
Indigenous, Black, and other socially marginalized scholars have long identified the “neutrality” of mainstream western academic research as whiteness simply masquerading as objectivity. In a long overdue methodological turn, a broadening awareness of different forms of knowledge, subjectivities, and research processes are slowly coming to be recognized by the academy. This course will explore what it means to Indigenize, decolonize, de-center whiteness, and prioritize an ethics of care in research methodologies and in the world around us.

0.5 course

Learning Outcomes
Upon conclusion of the course, students should be able to:

1. Engage critically with the concept of neutrality in academic research;
2. Recognize and respect a range of Indigenous research processes and the kinds of research questions for which they are suited;
3. Adopt a decolonizing methodology for their own research that allows room for indigenous perspectives.



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