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Decolonising Pacific research, building Pacific research communities and developing Pacific research tools

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dc.contributor.author Sauni, Tamasailau Suaalii
dc.contributor.author Aiolupotea, Saunimaa Ma Fulu
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-29T21:26:53Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-29T21:26:53Z
dc.date.issued 2014-12-03
dc.identifier.issn 1360-7456, pp331–344
dc.identifier.uri ${sadil.baseUrl}/handle/123456789/686
dc.description 15 pages : PDF en_US
dc.description 15 pages : PDF en_US
dc.description.abstract In building Samoan academic researcher capacity in Samoa, we argue that there is a need to first establish the kind of researcher community advocated by Linda Tuhiwai Smith, and to do so through developing research tools, such as the talanoa and faafaletui, in partnership with researcher capacity-building initiatives such as the applied postgraduate social and health research methods course(codedPUBX731-HSA505)run by the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, in partnership with the National University of Samoa. This paper offers a commentary on the talanoa and faafaletui as Pacific research methodologies, and asks what its value might be for researchers in Samoa. It reflects on the learning experiences of staff and students of the applied social and health research methods course in relation to the talanoa and faafaletui as Pacific research methodologies or methods. It concludes that developing pacific research and researcher capacity in Pacific Island countries such as Samoa , must include opening up spaces within these communities to critically engage what is Pacific or Samoan or indigenous about these research tools methods or methodologies, and how they might differ in form or substance from other methods or methodologies. en_US
dc.description.abstract In building Samoan academic researcher capacity in Samoa, we argue that there is a need to first establish the kind of researcher community advocated by Linda Tuhiwai Smith, and to do so through developing research tools, such as the talanoa and faafaletui, in partnership with researcher capacity-building initiatives such as the applied postgraduate social and health research methods course(codedPUBX731-HSA505)run by the Centre for International Health, University of Otago, in partnership with the National University of Samoa. This paper offers a commentary on the talanoa and faafaletui as Pacific research methodologies, and asks what its value might be for researchers in Samoa. It reflects on the learning experiences of staff and students of the applied social and health research methods course in relation to the talanoa and faafaletui as Pacific research methodologies or methods. It concludes that developing pacific research and researcher capacity in Pacific Island countries such as Samoa , must include opening up spaces within these communities to critically engage what is Pacific or Samoan or indigenous about these research tools methods or methodologies, and how they might differ in form or substance from other methods or methodologies. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Victoria University of Wellington en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Victoria University of Wellington en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Asia Pacific Viewpoint en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Vol. 55,;
dc.subject Pacific research, Samoa, indigenous methodology, decolonising methodologies, talanoa, faafaletui en_US
dc.subject Pacific research, Samoa, indigenous methodology, decolonising methodologies, talanoa, faafaletui en_US
dc.title Decolonising Pacific research, building Pacific research communities and developing Pacific research tools en_US
dc.title.alternative The case of the talanoa and the faafaletui in Samoa. en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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