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The challenges of decolonising participatory research in indigenous contexts: the Atautsikut community of practice experience in Nunavik

Historically, research involving Indigenous peoples has been the scene of power imbalances between Indigenous communities and researchers. Indigenous peoples have often been put in the position of passive subjects of research rather than participants or collaborators with agency, a situation that th...

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Autores principales: Nadeau, Lucie, Gaulin, Dominique, Johnson-Lafleur, Janique, Levesque, Carolane, Fraser, Sarah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9397418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35979584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2087846
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author Nadeau, Lucie
Gaulin, Dominique
Johnson-Lafleur, Janique
Levesque, Carolane
Fraser, Sarah
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Gaulin, Dominique
Johnson-Lafleur, Janique
Levesque, Carolane
Fraser, Sarah
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description Historically, research involving Indigenous peoples has been the scene of power imbalances between Indigenous communities and researchers. Indigenous peoples have often been put in the position of passive subjects of research rather than participants or collaborators with agency, a situation that the current movement of decolonisation of research and practices in the field of Indigenous health aims to counteract. Participatory research seeks a better balance of input, decision-making and power between research participants and research teams and values participants’ knowledges. As such, it is a particularly relevant approach for researchers to involve community members and support self-determination of Indigenous people. Yet, if its explicit intentions are aiming at a decolonising approach, the socio-structural context of participatory research initiatives in Indigenous communities brings obstacles to the approach’s success. The development and implementation of the participatory project Atautsikut: A Community of Practice in Youth Mental Health and Wellness in Nunavik, has been an occasion to document certain barriers that take place in participatory research. This article describes Atautsikut as a starting point for a reflection on the challenges of decolonising participatory research. It discusses how, despite intentions, structural barriers, blind spots and unexpected contextual elements may challenge the journey towards decolonising research.
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spelling pubmed-93974182022-08-24 The challenges of decolonising participatory research in indigenous contexts: the Atautsikut community of practice experience in Nunavik Nadeau, Lucie Gaulin, Dominique Johnson-Lafleur, Janique Levesque, Carolane Fraser, Sarah Int J Circumpolar Health Theory and Methods Article Historically, research involving Indigenous peoples has been the scene of power imbalances between Indigenous communities and researchers. Indigenous peoples have often been put in the position of passive subjects of research rather than participants or collaborators with agency, a situation that the current movement of decolonisation of research and practices in the field of Indigenous health aims to counteract. Participatory research seeks a better balance of input, decision-making and power between research participants and research teams and values participants’ knowledges. As such, it is a particularly relevant approach for researchers to involve community members and support self-determination of Indigenous people. Yet, if its explicit intentions are aiming at a decolonising approach, the socio-structural context of participatory research initiatives in Indigenous communities brings obstacles to the approach’s success. The development and implementation of the participatory project Atautsikut: A Community of Practice in Youth Mental Health and Wellness in Nunavik, has been an occasion to document certain barriers that take place in participatory research. This article describes Atautsikut as a starting point for a reflection on the challenges of decolonising participatory research. It discusses how, despite intentions, structural barriers, blind spots and unexpected contextual elements may challenge the journey towards decolonising research. Taylor & Francis 2022-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC9397418/ /pubmed/35979584 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2022.2087846 Text en © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Levesque, Carolane
Fraser, Sarah
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9397418/
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