Indigenous Ethnography: How Does One Conduct Indigenous Research and Indigenous Anthropology?

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue of Genealogy thematically explores Indigenous Ethnography. Indigenous ethnography carries consequences far beyond the narrow disciplinary confines of anthropology, as it really asks: What is, and How does one conduct, Indigenous Research?

Engagement of Indigenous communities by researchers has always been a topic of discussion, but has become increasingly important since the 1970s. Articles often employ a range of terminology, from “insider/outsider research” to “Native anthropology”, in order to engage with the difficulties of conducting ethically grounded research in formerly and currently colonized populations. Some authors have argued for a strictly emic approach, that is, a perspective that only “insiders” have the right to speak of these communities. Others have proposed a range of ethical and legal guidelines. The overarching question is: how do we reconcile the academic and the indigenous perspectives?

Departing a step further from simply accepting that a project is or is not approached from an “Indigenous” perspective, this Special Issue seeks to publish current work that helps us to rethink what it means to produce indigenous research. The landscape is wide ranging and often includes the embracing of “indigenous” as the umbrella term to acknowledge the dirty histories that have led to the current state of communities. Yet, indigenous communities are diverse in their histories, their identities, and their experiences. The umbrella term itself, then, although useful on some epistemological levels, might not always make sense in specific situations.

This Special Issue seeks to bring together a wide range of perspectives addressing “indigenous” research. Broadly conceived, our editorial team seeks articles that delineate the complexities of producing “indigenous” research from both theoretical and pragmatic perspectives.

Dr. Richard Meyers
Dr. Sebastian Braun
Dr. Scott Ketchum
Guest Editors

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• indigenous research
• epistemology
• ethnography
• indigenous anthropology.