

Extending the work of Foucault, she explores the intersections of imperialism, knowledge and research en route she provides a history of knowledge from the Enlightenment to postcoloniality. In the first part of the book, the author critically examines the historical and philosophical base of Western research. Here, an indigenous researcher issues a clarion call for the decolonization of research methods.

of Otago Press) (University of Otago Press) (limp) (paperback)įrom the vantage point of the colonized, the term 'research' is inextricably linked with European colonialism the way in which scientific research has been implicated in the worst excesses of imperialism remains a powerful remembered history for many of the world's colonized peoples. : University of Otago Press New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by St.

London New York : Zed Books Dunedin, N.Z. The second part of the book meets an urgent demand: people who are carrying out their own research projects need literature which validates their frustrations in dealing with various Western paradigms.Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples / Linda Tuhiwai Smith Book Bib ID

Summary: From the vantage point of the colonized, the term 'research' is inextricably linked with European colonialism the way in which scientific research has been implicated in the worst excesses of imperialism remains a powerful remembered history for many of the world's colonized peoples.
