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The Journey Between Western and Indigenous Research Paradigms

University of New Brunswick

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	Abstract

This article is an account of the author’s journey as a White researcher preparing to do a community-based participatory action research study with Mi’kmaq men. In this article, a postcolonial approach is examined, interrogating the utility of this theoretical approach in research with Aboriginal people. Next, the foundations of an Indigenous worldview is identified, followed by a debate about the strengths and weaknesses of a critical social theory approach in light of an Indigenous worldview. Finally, lessons about an Indigenous research paradigm including the benefits of using a theoretical approach based on an Indigenous knowledge system are identified.

First published on October 9, 2009
Journal of Transcultural Nursing 2009, doi:10.1177/1043659609349062


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