Using an Indigenist Framework for Decolonizing Health Promotion Research

This chapter provides a critical reflection on an ethnographic approach led by a non-Indigenous researcher in partnership with an Indigenous community-controlled health organization, and a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous supervisors, advisors, criti

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Karen McPhail-Bell, Alison Nelson, Ian Lacey, Bronwyn Fredericks, Chelsea Bond, and Mark Brough

Contents 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Maiwah as Place: Place as Ontology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Indigenist Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 Resistance as Its Emancipatory Imperative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Political Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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K. McPhail-Bell (*) University Centre for Rural Health, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia e-mail: [email protected] A. Nelson Allied Health and Workforce Development, Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, Brisbane, Australia e-mail: [email protected] I. Lacey Deadly Choices, Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, Brisbane, Australia e-mail: [email protected] B. Fredericks Office of Indigenous Engagement, Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Australia e-mail: [email protected] C. Bond Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia e-mail: [email protected] M. Brough School of Public Health and Social Work, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia e-mail: [email protected] # Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 P. Liamputtong (ed.), Handbook of Research Methods in Health Social Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5251-4_32

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3.3 Privileging Indigenous Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1556 4 Conclusion and Future Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1559 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1560

Abstract

This chapter provides a critical reflection on an ethnographic approach led by a non-Indigenous researcher in partnership with an Indigenous community-controlled health organization, and a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous supervisors, advisors, critical friends, and mentors. The chapter explores the way the three interrelated principles of Indigenist research informed the study, as a critical reflection of the methodology’s achievement of a decolonizing research agenda. The flow of Maiwah (the Brisbane River in