“I Can See the Trust”: Building a Communication Infrastructure

• In Event: Cultural Adaptation, Developmental Communication, and Community

Abstract

This study details a five-year longitudinal design wherein the researchers engaged in community-based participatory research to develop trust between external research personnel and community members on an American Indian reservation. The study details the process of building a communicative infrastructure between stakeholders using a culture-centered communication approach to create and develop trust between members of the team and the community and examines how trust and culture-centered mechanisms intersect.
Keywords: trust, insider-outside, community-based participatory research, culture-centered, intercultural

Authors

• Jenna L. Currie-Mueller, North Dakota State U

• Robert Littlefield, North Dakota State U

• Emory Daniel, North Dakota State U

• Noor Ghazal-Aswad, North Dakota State U

• James Garrett, North Dakota State U