The Pacific research paradigm: opportunities and challenges
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Article Title | The Pacific research paradigm: opportunities and challenges |
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ERA Journal ID | 201240 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Tualaulelei, Eseta (Author) and McFall-McCaffery, Judy (Author) |
Journal Title | MAI Journal |
Journal Citation | 8 (2), pp. 188-204 |
Number of Pages | 17 |
Year | 2019 |
Place of Publication | New Zealand |
ISSN | 2230-6862 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.20507/MAIJournal.2019.8.2.7 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.journal.mai.ac.nz/content/pacific-research-paradigm-opportunities-and-challenges |
Abstract | Around the world, favourable social and political circumstances have encouraged the development of academically non-traditional ways of researching. This article explores the recent proliferation of research approaches from Pacific and Pasifika communities which, in some Australian and New Zealand contexts, are attracting increased interest from policymakers and researchers. We present a socio-historical account of how the Pacific research paradigm emerged and some key contemporary Pacific research approaches within this paradigm. We then critique aspects of the paradigm’s development by discussing opportunities and challenges. Our main argument is for researcher reflexivity and dialogue, important for the development and sustainability of research inspired by Pacific ways of knowing and being. We believe this will lead to research in which Pacific communities will recognise themselves and their aspirations for the future. |
Keywords | Pacific Island, Pasifika, Oceania, research paradigm, research approaches, Indigenous knowledge |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 451399. Pacific Peoples culture, language and history not elsewhere classified |
451499. Pacific Peoples education not elsewhere classified | |
500206. History and philosophy of the social sciences | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood |
University of Auckland, New Zealand | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5539/the-pacific-research-paradigm-opportunities-and-challenges
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