Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches

Brown, Leslie and Susan Strega (Eds). Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2005. 303 pages. ISBN -13-978-1551302751. Paper $39.95. With the publication of Research as Resistance: Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches, Leslie Brown, Susan Strega, and contributors have provided a valuable resource and point of reference for academics and practitioners who are operating from, by, and within ihe margins. Beyond contextualizing the discriminatory nature of dominant epistemologies and ontologies of traditional research, the critical framework adopted within this collected works further critiques the methodological privileging of objectivity, neutrality, the application of reason, and the adoption of quantitative methods. From an Indigenous standpoint, this publication serves as a stimulating extension to Linda Tuhiwai Smith's Decolonizing Methodologies.^ In her text, Smith challenges Indigenous scholars to 'research back,' demystify, and decolonize the inextricably imperial and colonial nature of scientific research. Building upon the work of Smith and other notable Indigenous scholars, Research as Resistance incorporates the works of those who are not only negotiating from positions of Indigenous marginality but also those who sit on their own respective 'borders of otherness.' By including a diverse collection of critical, Indigenous, and antioppressive approaches, Brown and Strega successfully reveal the breadth and possibility of innovative research methods and methodologies that can be shared between those who occupy discrete positions of marginality. Through their respective discussions on anti-oppressive approaches, Moosa-Mitha, Strega, and Potts and Brown bring theoretical continuity to this compilation of collected works. All three discussions critique the hegemonic nature of dominant ontological and epistemological norms. Indigenous contributors urge that culturally relevant research methods be infused within academic scholarship. Kovach encourages Indigenous scholars to ensure that dreams are legitimized as important sources of knowledge; Absolon and Willet suggest a provoking means of locating oneself in Aboriginal research and propose that we put ourselves forward by re-vising, re-claiming, re-naming, remembering, re-connecting, re-covering, and re-searching; and QzuFsig'yah'maht-Thomas shares an inspiring reflection on the teachings of her grandmother and urges Indigenous scholars to honour the power of storytellers by positioning storytelling as a resistance methodology. …

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