"Weaving a Mat That We Can All Sit On": Qualitative Research Approaches for Productive Dialogue in the Intercultural Space.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
; 19(6)2022 03 19.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35329344
ABSTRACT
Research remains a site of struggle for First Nations peoples globally. Biomedical research often reinforces existing power structures, perpetuating ongoing colonisation by dominating research priorities, resource allocation, policies, and services. Addressing systemic health inequities requires decolonising methodologies to facilitate new understandings and approaches. These methodologies promote a creative tension and productive intercultural dialogue between First Nations and Western epistemologies. Concurrently, the potential of critical theory, social science, and community participatory action research approaches to effectively prioritise First Nations peoples' lived experience within the biomedical worldview is increasingly recognised. This article describes learnings regarding research methods that enable a better understanding of the lived experience of rheumatic heart disease-an intractable, potent marker of health inequity for First Nations Australians, requiring long-term engagement in the troubled intersection between Indigenist and biomedical worldviews. Working with YolÅu (Aboriginal) co-researchers from remote Northern Territory (Australia), the concept of ganma (turbulent co-mingling of salt and fresh water) was foundational for understanding and applying relationality (gurrutu), deep listening (nhina, nhäma ga Åäma), and the use of metaphors-approaches that strengthen productive dialogue, described by YolÅu co-researchers as weaving a 'mat we can all sit on'. The research results are reported in a subsequent article.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rheumatic Heart Disease
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Health Services, Indigenous
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Oceania
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Environ Res Public Health
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Australia