Towards a Pacific-indigenous research paradigm for Pacific social work

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Mafile'o, Tracie, Mataira, Peter and Saxton, Kate. 2019. "Towards a Pacific-indigenous research paradigm for Pacific social work." Ravulo, Jioji, Mafile'o, Tracie and Yeates, Donald Bruce (ed.) Pacific Social Work: Navigating Practice, Policy and Research. United Kingdom. Routledge. pp. 209-220
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Towards a Pacific-indigenous research paradigm for Pacific social work

Book Chapter CategoryEdited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID3137
Book TitlePacific Social Work: Navigating Practice, Policy and Research
AuthorsMafile'o, Tracie, Mataira, Peter and Saxton, Kate
EditorsRavulo, Jioji, Mafile'o, Tracie and Yeates, Donald Bruce
Page Range209-220
Chapter Number19
Number of Pages12
Year2019
PublisherRoutledge
Place of PublicationUnited Kingdom
ISBN9781315144252
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315144252-19
Web Address (URL)https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315144252-19/towards-pacific-indigenous-research-paradigm-pacific-social-work-tracie-mafile-peter-mataira-kate-saxton
Abstract

This chapter provides a Pacific-Indigenous research paradigm to benefit Pacific health and social service users and communities. It discusses the context of Pacific research and considers decolonisation, diversity and the need for Pacific-led developmental research. The chapter deals with a story about social work practice research in Fiji and how decolonisation and positionality was navigated. Pacific social work research claims Pacific-Indigenous space in both research and social work traditions, whilst acknowledging that legitimacy stems from Pacific-Indigenous knowledge systems and cosmologies outside of “enlightenment” and the industrial revolution. Pacific-Indigenous research approaches add to a global movement of Indigenous scholarships advocating for the decolonisation of research and the articulation of Indigenous research paradigms. Pacific communities are manifestations of their genealogical lineages spanning vast oceans, and as collective economic powerhouses resulting from political presence on the world stage and nascent forms of indigenous innovation and entrepreneurship.

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ANZSRC Field of Research 2020451822. Pacific Peoples social work and social justice
451807. Pacific Peoples community-based research
441006. Sociological methodology and research methods
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Byline AffiliationsMassey University, New Zealand
Hawaii Pacific University, United States
Australian Catholic University
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