Open AccessDecolonizing Action Research through Two-Eyed Seeing: The Indigenous Quality Assurance Project
Author(s) -
Lana Ray
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the canadian journal of action research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1925-7147
DOI - 10.33524/cjar.v21i3.510
Subject(s) - indigenous , operationalization , action research , traditional knowledge , quality assurance , action (physics) , sociology , participatory action research , engineering ethics , political science , pedagogy , engineering , epistemology , ecology , anthropology , operations management , philosophy , physics , external quality assessment , quantum mechanics , biology
Action Research (AR) has been widely utilized in Indigenous contexts because of its emphasis on social transformation and synergies with Indigenous research approaches. Yet, while AR is seen as an attractive option for working in Indigenous research contexts, additional efforts are needed to ensure that AR adequately interrogates collaborations between Western and Indigenous knowledge systems. The application of the principle of two-eyed seeing (TES), which refers to the process of seeing from the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing with one eye while using the other eye to see with the strengths of Western ways of knowing (Bartlett, Marshall, & Marshall, 2012), can center decolonial goals, addressing the shortcomings of AR. This article describes the operationalization of TES through the Indigenous Quality Assurance Project, focusing on the four key essentials of TES: co-learning, knowledge scrutinization, knowledge validation, and knowledge gardening (Bartlett, 2017).