Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships

Aboriginal participatory action research (APAR) has an ethical focus that corrects the imbalances of colonisation through participation and shared decision-making to position people, place, and intention at the centre of research. APAR supports researchers to respond to the community's local rh...

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Main Authors: Wright, Michael, Culbong, T., Webb, M., Sibosado, A., Jones, T., Guima Chinen, T., O'Connell, Margaret
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1132367
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91463
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author Wright, Michael
Culbong, T.
Webb, M.
Sibosado, A.
Jones, T.
Guima Chinen, T.
O'Connell, Margaret
author_facet Wright, Michael
Culbong, T.
Webb, M.
Sibosado, A.
Jones, T.
Guima Chinen, T.
O'Connell, Margaret
author_sort Wright, Michael
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description Aboriginal participatory action research (APAR) has an ethical focus that corrects the imbalances of colonisation through participation and shared decision-making to position people, place, and intention at the centre of research. APAR supports researchers to respond to the community's local rhythms and culture. APAR supports researchers to respond to the community's local rhythms and culture. First Nations scholars and their allies do this in a way that decolonises mainstream approaches in research to disrupt its cherished ideals and endeavours. How these knowledges are co-created and translated is also critically scrutinised. We are a team of intercultural researchers working with community and mainstream health service providers to improve service access, responsiveness, and Aboriginal client outcomes. Our article begins with an overview of the APAR literature and pays homage to the decolonising scholarship that champions Aboriginal ways of knowing, being, and doing. We present a research program where Aboriginal Elders, as cultural guides, hold the research through storying and cultural experiences that have deepened relationships between services and the local Aboriginal community. We conclude with implications of a community-led engagement framework underpinned by a relational methodology that reflects the nuances of knowledge translation through a co-creation of new knowledge and knowledge exchange.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-914632023-07-05T05:08:23Z Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships Wright, Michael Culbong, T. Webb, M. Sibosado, A. Jones, T. Guima Chinen, T. O'Connell, Margaret Aboriginal health and wellbeing Elders First Nations co-design relational methodology ways of working Aboriginal participatory action research (APAR) has an ethical focus that corrects the imbalances of colonisation through participation and shared decision-making to position people, place, and intention at the centre of research. APAR supports researchers to respond to the community's local rhythms and culture. APAR supports researchers to respond to the community's local rhythms and culture. First Nations scholars and their allies do this in a way that decolonises mainstream approaches in research to disrupt its cherished ideals and endeavours. How these knowledges are co-created and translated is also critically scrutinised. We are a team of intercultural researchers working with community and mainstream health service providers to improve service access, responsiveness, and Aboriginal client outcomes. Our article begins with an overview of the APAR literature and pays homage to the decolonising scholarship that champions Aboriginal ways of knowing, being, and doing. We present a research program where Aboriginal Elders, as cultural guides, hold the research through storying and cultural experiences that have deepened relationships between services and the local Aboriginal community. We conclude with implications of a community-led engagement framework underpinned by a relational methodology that reflects the nuances of knowledge translation through a co-creation of new knowledge and knowledge exchange. 2023 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91463 10.1080/14461242.2023.2173017 eng http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1132367 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1178972 fulltext
spellingShingle Aboriginal health and wellbeing
Elders
First Nations
co-design
relational methodology
ways of working
Wright, Michael
Culbong, T.
Webb, M.
Sibosado, A.
Jones, T.
Guima Chinen, T.
O'Connell, Margaret
Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships
title Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships
title_full Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships
title_fullStr Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships
title_full_unstemmed Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships
title_short Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships
title_sort debakarn koorliny wangkiny: steady walking and talking using first nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships
topic Aboriginal health and wellbeing
Elders
First Nations
co-design
relational methodology
ways of working
url http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1132367
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1132367
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91463