Course Description

This course is designed to introduce students to the relationships between research, data, colonialism and Indigenous Peoples. Students will consider ideological, political, ethical, social and practical issues that influence Indigenous-centered research, while developing skills and approaches for understanding their own positionality and how it affects their current and future research relationships with Indigenous Peoples.

Class Times:

TR 9:00-10:15am Online Sync & Async

Topics include:

• Relational research
• Decolonizing methodologies
• Hawaiian & Pasifika methodologies
• Hawaiian & Indigenous statistics
• Indigenous Data Sovereignty
• Research guides & protocols
• Reflectionality & Positionality

For more information, please contact the instructor Kamakanaokealoha M. Aquino at kmaquino@hawaii.edu