Indigenizing Research via Talanoa: Vā in Higher Education

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Pale, M., Enari, D., Tualaulelei, E., Akbar, H., Faleolo, R., Ravulo, J., Ohi, S., Sione, I.F., Fox, L., Seumanutafa, R. and Williams, B.. 2025. "Indigenizing Research via Talanoa: Vā in Higher Education." Anthropology and Education Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.70053
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Indigenizing Research via Talanoa: Vā in Higher Education

ERA Journal ID9429
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsPale, M., Enari, D., Tualaulelei, E., Akbar, H., Faleolo, R., Ravulo, J., Ohi, S., Sione, I.F., Fox, L., Seumanutafa, R. and Williams, B.
Journal TitleAnthropology and Education Quarterly
Article Number e70053
Year2025
ISSN0161-7761
1548-1492
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1111/aeq.70053
Web Address (URL)https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/aeq.70053
Abstract

In the tradition of approaches that call for decolonizing research, this study demonstrates how talanoa, an Indigenous research methodology, exceeds the scope of Collaborative Auto-Ethnography (CAE) by embedding cultural authenticity, relationality, and reciprocity within the research process. By framing talanoa, the authors examined the sociocultural phenomenon and practice of “nurturing vā”, as a core concept of Pacific Indigenous research. Hence, this study can help to inform academic research and advance scholarly knowledge beyond CAE's framework.

Keywordstalanoa, Pacific Indigenous Research, va
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020390303. Higher education
451407. Pacific Peoples higher education
Byline AffiliationsVictoria University
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
School of Education
Research Scholarships
University of Queensland
La Trobe University
University of Sydney
Deakin University
Griffith University
University of Melbourne
Western Sydney University
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