transformed". In the first part of the book, the author critically examines the historical and philosophical base of western research. Extending the work of Foucault, she explores the intersections of imperialism, knowledge and research. The second part of the book meets the urgent need for literature which validates various frustrations with various western paradigms, academic traditions and methodologies. In setting an agenda for planning and implementing indigenous research, the author shows how such programmes are part of the wider project of reclaiming control over indigenous ways of knowing and being.

Table of Contents

Imperialism, history, writing and theory; research through the imperial lens; colonizing knowledges; research adventures; the end of one part, the beginning of another; setting the modern indigenous research agenda; articulating an indigenous research agenda; 25 projects; responding to the imperatives of an indigenous agenda - a case study of Maori; towards developing indigenous methodologies - Kaupapa Maori research. Conclusion: a personal journey.

Reviews

"This book, which can be used in helping design and carry out research or in teaching research methods, will certainly play a role in remedying this clearly identified and sorely felt absence in the field of health research." -- "Journal of Health Psychology"