Hosted by:
Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Research Centre
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Welcome Indigenous Researchers
Umulliko has made significant
contributions to the current debate on Indigenous theoretical
perspectives and research methodologies nationally and internationally.
We hosted the first annual 'Indigenous Researchers Forum'
in 1999. This forum focused on Indigenous theoretical approaches
and methodologies. Umulliko takes an Indigenous World View
approach to research.
In any consideration, we (Indigenous
Australians) are not 'Other'. We are at the centre of
our own lives and our own history, and we need to give
primacy to that position. We stand in relation to the
mainstream but we do not have to view that relationshi
as secondary to it, as it has been inscribed in the corpus
of Western Disciplines.
(Nakata 1999:3) (Nakata in Tauchi, 2000, Segment
4.3.1)
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The Forum has been designed to encourage honest
and rigorous discussions, to canvass a diverse array of opinion
and to develop future strategies through the development of Action
Plans.
Objectives of the Forum:
- For Indigenous researchers to actively reflect
on and engage in issues involving and impacting on Indigenous
research;
- To create the opportunity and the space for
Indigenous researchers to get together in a culturally safe
environment;
- To provide a forum for Indigenous post-graduate
students to meet and discuss issues of relevance to them;
- To explore innovative and creative culturally
appropriate expressions of research outcomes.
Target Audience:
Indigenous Researchers including:
- Staff from Indigenous Key Research Centres;
- Staff from Indigenous Support Centres;
- Indigenous Post-graduate students;
- Indigenous Community representatives;
- Indigenous representatives from corporate
and government domains actively engaged in research
Anticipated Outcomes:
- Stimulated network of Indigenous researchers
- Constructive feedback on research project
- People having an awesome experience!
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