Enhancing the sustainability science agenda through Indigenous methodology

Ruwhiu, Diane; Arahanga-Doyle, Hitaua; Donaldson‑Gush, Roma; Bragg, Corey; Kapa, Janine

doi:10.1007/s11625-021-01054-2

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“…This might include open conversations about these roles and responsibilities as one way to begin to build trust, transparency and openness between partners. When researchers 'look beyond the research project' (Ruwhiu et al 2021) they may realise their role is to support effective partnerships, to ensure multiple benefits result from different stages of the knowledge co-production process and to maintain institutional structures and process to this end (e.g., protection of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property, data sovereignty, coauthorship, payment for time). Equally, Indigenous leaders have an important role to empower each unique partnership for the benefit of their wider community (Maclean et al 2021a).…”

Section: Shaping Knowledge Co-production Theory Practices and Methods...mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A final set of papers provide principles, a framework and an evaluation process to better enable and understand knowledge partnerships in practice. Staying in Aotearoa New Zealand, Ruwhiu and her collaborators present a Kaupapa Māori research project (an Indigenous research approach that is by, with, and for Māori people) with Kāti Huirapa Rūnaka ki Puketeraki, a Māori tribal community in the South Island of New Zealand (Ruwhiu et al 2021). They reflect on and share nuanced lessons in building trusting researcher/Indigenous community relationships.…”

Section: Principles and Processes To Enable And Understand Knowledge ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Developing methods of knowledge co-production across varying contexts to shape Sustainability Science theory and practice

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2022

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“…Successful co-design projects need support and conditions for inclusivity [ 55 ]. Even though studies with a participatory approach are challenging, labor-intensive and time-consuming [ 23 ], Ruwhiu et al [ 56 ] state that transformative solutions that can drive broader social changes emerge at the local level.…”

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Co-Designing Research for Sustainable Food Systems and Diets with Aboriginal Communities: A Study Protocol

Lopes,

Mihrshahi,

Hunter

et al. 2024

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(1) Background: Food choices and systems have contributed to various health and environmental issues, resulting in the global syndemic (obesity, undernutrition and climate change). Studies show that revitalizing Indigenous food systems and including native plant-based foods in our diet may be important for promoting health, reducing diet-linked chronic diseases and mitigating environmental changes. However, it is still a challenge to ‘Indigenize’ research by including Aboriginal people in all project phases to achieve culturally appropriate collaboration. We describe the development of a protocol using co-design methods to explore how knowledge can be exchanged around Aboriginal food practices related to native plant-based foods to facilitate benefits and share opportunities for sustainable food systems and Aboriginal aspirations, as well as to promote health in these communities. (2) Methods: This qualitative study includes five phases. In Phase I, we will start building a trusting relationship with the communities and train the research team. In Phase II, we will receive the consent to co-design and establish the Aboriginal Reference Group to ensure that Aboriginal people will lead this project. In Phase III, the investigators will run the interviews/focus groups and record the discussions about the community’s place-based needs, understanding the community aspirations for a sustainable food system and the potential opportunities for doing research and strengthening community between research and community. In Phase IV, the records will be analyzed with the Aboriginal Reference Group, and summaries will be shared with community members. Phase V will establish case studies to support the implementation of community aspirations. (3) Discussion: This study protocol describes the process of ensuring that research for sustainable food systems meets Indigenous aspirations and health promotion in Indigenous communities.

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“…The growing awareness of the need for respectful, reciprocal, and relational co-designing with Indigenous people, as well as critical developments in Indigenous rights and research suggests that change is underway (Akama et al 2019;Chilisa 2019;Davis 2010). Moreover, meaningful inclusion of Indigenous methodologies in sustainability and transdisciplinary research practice is growing (Chilisa 2017;Datta 2015;Gould et al 2019;Reid et al 2020;Ruwhiu et al 2021;Zanotti and Schalscha 2016). There has been increasing discourse around recognising ICIP since the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) reaffirmed Indigenous peoples' rights to self-determination (UN General Assembly 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

Framings in Indigenous futures thinking: barriers, opportunities, and innovations

Cheok,

van Velden,

Fulton

et al. 2024

Preprint

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Human societies face existential challenges on multiple fronts: climate change, biodiversity loss, altered biogeochemical flows, social unrest and injustices. Innovative solutions are needed to shift current trajectories towards a sustainable and just future. ‘Futures thinking’ enables people to explore and articulate alternative futures and find pathways towards these desired futures. Indigenous people have the potential to make significant contributions to futures thinking because of their/our distinctive perspectives: the viewpoint of already living in a post-apocalyptic world in the context of colonisation, unique knowledges, worldviews, and perspectives on time, as well as significant contributions to safeguarding biological and cultural diversity. Here we take an innovation-seeking and systematic approach to (1) identify patterns and processes in futures thinking with, for, and by Indigenous people; (2) highlight innovative approaches; (3) bring together diverse and sector-specific terminology; and (4) foreground emerging strengths and weaknesses. We identified four framings of Indigenous futures thinking: Adaptation-oriented, Participatory, Culturally-grounded, and Indigenising. Factors contributing to innovation include strong involvement of Indigenous people in the research team, co-design, and authorship, using Indigenous methodologies, cultural protocols, and explicitly employing decolonisation and trauma-informed approaches. We spotlight the challenges of conducting an exhaustive literature review in an emerging field with inconsistent terminology (e.g., capturing regions where Indigeneity is contested). We also create a living glossary of terms to aid other researchers and communities in using and refining the suite of methods identified here, with the aim of stimulating further innovations in this field.

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Enhancing the sustainability science agenda through Indigenous methodology

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

Developing methods of knowledge co-production across varying contexts to shape Sustainability Science theory and practice

Developing methods of knowledge co-production across varying contexts to shape Sustainability Science theory and practice

Co-Designing Research for Sustainable Food Systems and Diets with Aboriginal Communities: A Study Protocol

Framings in Indigenous futures thinking: barriers, opportunities, and innovations

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