Research as Cultural Renewal: Applying Two-Eyed Seeing in a Research Project about Cultural Interventions in First Nations Addictions Treatment
This article explores the application of two-eyed seeing in the first year of a three-year study about the effectiveness of cultural interventions in First Nations alcohol and drug treatment in Canada. Two-eyed seeing is recognized by Canada’s major health research funder as a starting point for bri...
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University of Western Ontario
2015-05-01
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| author | Laura Hall Colleen A. Dell Barb Fornssler Carol Hopkins Christopher Mushquash Margo Rowan |
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| description | This article explores the application of two-eyed seeing in the first year of a three-year study about the effectiveness of cultural interventions in First Nations alcohol and drug treatment in Canada. Two-eyed seeing is recognized by Canada’s major health research funder as a starting point for bringing together the strengths of Indigenous and Western ways of knowing. With the aim of developing a culture-based measurement tool, our team carried out an Indigenous-centred research process with our interpretation of two-eyed seeing as a guiding principle. This enabled us to engage in a decolonizing project that prioritized Indigenous methodologies and ways of knowing and knowledge alongside those of Western science. By concentrating on Indigenous governance in the research process, our project supported efforts at Indigenous cultural renewal. Two illustrations are offered, our team’s reconceptualization of Western derived understandings of data collection through Indigenous storytelling and our research grant timeframe with Indigenous knowledge gardening. This article contributes to the Indigenous research and policy literature which is lacking documentation about how Indigenous communities and research teams are benefitting from two-eyed seeing. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd4e2db2bf5d410e9a8a160fdfe74bc32022-12-21T17:30:39ZengUniversity of Western OntarioInternational Indigenous Policy Journal1916-57811916-57812015-05-01624Research as Cultural Renewal: Applying Two-Eyed Seeing in a Research Project about Cultural Interventions in First Nations Addictions TreatmentLaura HallColleen A. Dell0Barb FornsslerCarol HopkinsChristopher MushquashMargo RowanUniversity of SaskatchewanThis article explores the application of two-eyed seeing in the first year of a three-year study about the effectiveness of cultural interventions in First Nations alcohol and drug treatment in Canada. Two-eyed seeing is recognized by Canada’s major health research funder as a starting point for bringing together the strengths of Indigenous and Western ways of knowing. With the aim of developing a culture-based measurement tool, our team carried out an Indigenous-centred research process with our interpretation of two-eyed seeing as a guiding principle. This enabled us to engage in a decolonizing project that prioritized Indigenous methodologies and ways of knowing and knowledge alongside those of Western science. By concentrating on Indigenous governance in the research process, our project supported efforts at Indigenous cultural renewal. Two illustrations are offered, our team’s reconceptualization of Western derived understandings of data collection through Indigenous storytelling and our research grant timeframe with Indigenous knowledge gardening. This article contributes to the Indigenous research and policy literature which is lacking documentation about how Indigenous communities and research teams are benefitting from two-eyed seeing.http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1229&context=iipjcutural renewaltwo-eyed seeingcultural interventionsIndigenous governanceFirst Nations addictions treatment |
| spellingShingle | Laura Hall Colleen A. Dell Barb Fornssler Carol Hopkins Christopher Mushquash Margo Rowan Research as Cultural Renewal: Applying Two-Eyed Seeing in a Research Project about Cultural Interventions in First Nations Addictions Treatment International Indigenous Policy Journal cutural renewal two-eyed seeing cultural interventions Indigenous governance First Nations addictions treatment |
| title | Research as Cultural Renewal: Applying Two-Eyed Seeing in a Research Project about Cultural Interventions in First Nations Addictions Treatment |
| title_full | Research as Cultural Renewal: Applying Two-Eyed Seeing in a Research Project about Cultural Interventions in First Nations Addictions Treatment |
| title_fullStr | Research as Cultural Renewal: Applying Two-Eyed Seeing in a Research Project about Cultural Interventions in First Nations Addictions Treatment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research as Cultural Renewal: Applying Two-Eyed Seeing in a Research Project about Cultural Interventions in First Nations Addictions Treatment |
| title_short | Research as Cultural Renewal: Applying Two-Eyed Seeing in a Research Project about Cultural Interventions in First Nations Addictions Treatment |
| title_sort | research as cultural renewal applying two eyed seeing in a research project about cultural interventions in first nations addictions treatment |
| topic | cutural renewal two-eyed seeing cultural interventions Indigenous governance First Nations addictions treatment |
| url | http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1229&context=iipj |
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