Metodologiat ja tutkimusetiikka alkuperäiskansatutkimuksessa

There are no prerequisites for this study unit.

Upon completion of this study, 

• students are able to employ decolonial Indigenous research methodologies and carry out sustainable collaborative research actions.
  
• students are familiar with ethical issues related to research with Indigenous societies and communities.
  
• students recognise their own research positionalities and develop self-reflexivity.

• students are able to critically evaluate ethical standards of research conducted with Indigenous peoples.
  

For an independent study or general examination covering the content of this study unit:

Choose three of the following:

Archibald, Jo-Ann, Jenny Lee-Morgan & Jason De Santolo 2019: Decolonizing Research. Indigenous Storywork as Methodology. London: Zed books.

Simpson, Audra & Andrea Smith (eds.) 2014: Theorizing Native Studies. Durham: Duke

Kovach, M. 2009: Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Smith, Linda Tuhiwai 2012: Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (or older edition). London: Zed Books / Otago University Press.

Walter, Maggie & Kid Andersen 2013: Indigenous statistics : a quantitative research methodology. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Virtanen, Pirjo Kristiina, Pigga Keskitalo & Torjer Olsen 2021: Indigenous Research Methodologies in Sámi and Global Contexts. Leiden: Brill Sense.

Wilson, Shawn 2008: Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods. Winnipeg: Fernwood.

Recommended time or stage of studies for completion

Indigenous Studies study units can be studied in the student’s own preferred order.

Methods of completion

Lectures or independent study (exam or essay).

Target group

Indigenous Studies is open for students from all degree programmes of the University of Helsinki.

The course is part of Sustainability Studies Network(Avautuu uuteen välilehteen). The maximum number of students accepted through the network is 6. Network students will be selected in the order of registration.