Shifting Ground: Embracing the Power, Value, and Possibilities of Caribbean Research and Pedagogical Approaches

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The use of Eurocentric research strategies in non-Western communities is being challenged worldwide. However, decades after most Caribbean countries gained independence, Eurocentric modes of knowledge construction still largely inform how teaching and research is conducted in the region. In this symposium, the authors contend the importance of developing culturally relevant methodologies and pedagogies as an essential step in decolonising Caribbean academia and education systems. The authors analyse how Caribbean cultural practices have been used successfully to inform research, with emphasis on Liming and Ole Talk methodology as a strategy for shared knowledge articulation in Caribbean contexts. Additionally, solidarities and connections are established with other approaches as part of a global movement for culturally affirming ways of knowing.

Sub Unit

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Section 3: Qualitative Research Methods

Chair

• Camille Nakhid, Auckland University of Technology

Papers

• Shifting Ground: How Research Is Transformed When Caribbean Practices Are Used as Methodologies - Anabel Fernandez Santana, Auckland University of Technology

• Moving Forward: From a Decolonizing to an Affirming Epistemology and Methodology - Margaret Nakhid-Chatoor, University of Trinidad and Tobago

• Caribbean Pedagogies as a Culturally Sustaining Way of Being and Knowing in Learning in Teaching - Jennifer Dawn Adams, University of Calgary

• Building Connections: Solidarity Across Indigenous, Decolonizing, and Affirming Research Paradigms Informing Caribbean Research - Shakeisha Wilson-Scott, Knox Community College

Discussant

• Tony Lee Talbert, Baylor University