Open AccessRaising Research Consciousness the Fa'aSamoa Way
Author(s) -
Anne Marie Tupuola
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
new zealand annual review of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1178-3311
pISSN - 1171-3283
DOI - 10.26686/nzaroe.v0i3.1076
Subject(s) - ethnocentrism , scholarship , samoan , indigenous , raising (metalworking) , consciousness , context (archaeology) , sociology , perception , consciousness raising , psychology , environmental ethics , political science , gender studies , anthropology , history , law , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , neuroscience , biology , geometry , mathematics
For too long non-Western indigenous researchers have been limited in their research because of the “scholarship” attached to ethnocentric and culturally insensitive methodological frameworks. This paper highlights the very rich experiences of the author’s alternative methodology in the Samoan context, and argues the need for the world of Western academia to acknowledge “other” cultures’ perception of scholarship and knowledge. It focuses on the necessity for both non-indigenous and indigenous researchers to take into consideration the culture of participants, and to incorporate their culture into the methodological framework and written text.