Decolonizing Evaluation of Indigenous Land-Based Programs: A Settler Perspective on What We Can Learn from the LANDBACK Movement
There is increasing recognition of the importance of land-based programming in promoting Indigenous cultural resurgence and community-building. This article explores the challenges associated with evaluation of on the land programs, and considers ontological and epistemological challenges associate...
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The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University
2023-07-01
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There is increasing recognition of the importance of land-based programming in promoting Indigenous cultural resurgence and community-building. This article explores the challenges associated with evaluation of on the land programs, and considers ontological and epistemological challenges associated with applying a postpositivist western evaluation approach. It is suggested that Indigenous-led evaluation should be mandated for Indigenous land-based programs, consistent with emerging recognition of Indigenous peoples’ rights to sovereignty over programs and services.
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| spelling | doaj.art-3e1430d25e354b528ccbbe9e2eda454b2023-07-21T08:40:46ZengThe Evaluation Center at Western Michigan UniversityJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation1556-81802023-07-01194410.56645/jmde.v19i44.773Decolonizing Evaluation of Indigenous Land-Based Programs: A Settler Perspective on What We Can Learn from the LANDBACK MovementDeborah DeLancey0Aurora Research Institute, Northwest Territories, Canada There is increasing recognition of the importance of land-based programming in promoting Indigenous cultural resurgence and community-building. This article explores the challenges associated with evaluation of on the land programs, and considers ontological and epistemological challenges associated with applying a postpositivist western evaluation approach. It is suggested that Indigenous-led evaluation should be mandated for Indigenous land-based programs, consistent with emerging recognition of Indigenous peoples’ rights to sovereignty over programs and services. https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/773indigenous evaluationculturally responsive evaluationland-based programsdecolonizing evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Deborah DeLancey Decolonizing Evaluation of Indigenous Land-Based Programs: A Settler Perspective on What We Can Learn from the LANDBACK Movement Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation indigenous evaluation culturally responsive evaluation land-based programs decolonizing evaluation |
| title | Decolonizing Evaluation of Indigenous Land-Based Programs: A Settler Perspective on What We Can Learn from the LANDBACK Movement |
| title_full | Decolonizing Evaluation of Indigenous Land-Based Programs: A Settler Perspective on What We Can Learn from the LANDBACK Movement |
| title_fullStr | Decolonizing Evaluation of Indigenous Land-Based Programs: A Settler Perspective on What We Can Learn from the LANDBACK Movement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Decolonizing Evaluation of Indigenous Land-Based Programs: A Settler Perspective on What We Can Learn from the LANDBACK Movement |
| title_short | Decolonizing Evaluation of Indigenous Land-Based Programs: A Settler Perspective on What We Can Learn from the LANDBACK Movement |
| title_sort | decolonizing evaluation of indigenous land based programs a settler perspective on what we can learn from the landback movement |
| topic | indigenous evaluation culturally responsive evaluation land-based programs decolonizing evaluation |
| url | https://journals.sfu.ca/jmde/index.php/jmde_1/article/view/773 |
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