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Advancing Qualitative Inquiry Toward Methodological Inclusion (Chapter 13)
Rhodesia McMillian, Penny A. Pasque (2024). DOI: 10.4324/9781003462224
This chapter seeks to center Caribbean Decolonial Research Methodologies (CDRM) within the larger discourse of research while challenging the epistemic erasure of our regions' contributions to scholarship. We do this by classifying and describing four main approaches: 1) storytelling and practices of orality; 2) ritual healing; 3) dialogical discourse; and 4) Caribbean re-historicization. This chapter opens with an onto-epistemological introduction of us (the authors) followed by framing the discourse grounded on three principles for researchers to consider. A description of the four classifications is then introduced and followed by sample examples Of the respective methods. Thereafter, a comparison of each of the four approaches is provided to show their genesis, type, focus, methods of data collection and analysis, and potential limitations. The chapter closes with further queries about the possibilities of decolonial Caribbean methodologies and the implications to advance this work further.
If I Giya Soma Dis Ting You Ga Talk It: An Exploration of the Use of Bahamian Creole and Standard English by Young Bahamians
Fernander, Pasha; 2023-10-28; Theses. Anthropology. Master of Arts. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.
This thesis examines the use of Bahamian Creole and Standard English among educated young Bahamians. It explores the divide between formal Standard English and informal Bahamian Creole within the historical context of British colonization in The Bahamas. The study analyzes the relationship between these two language variations, tracing their development from childhood influenced by family to experiences abroad for university. It discusses how previous generations were shaped by colonial attitudes that devalued Bahamian Creole and elevated Standard English, leading to the ability to code switch between the two languages.
The radicality and cultural significance of the sweats in Trinidad and Tobago
Kola Adeosun (2018). DOI: 10.1080/02614367.2023.2271180
The sweat, meaning to sweat, is a moniker attached to prearranged but unorganised and informal sport and physical activity within local communities in Trinidad and Tobago. Explained as a culturally significant phenomenon, the sweat is a space of community cohesion and radical questioning through its resident attendant ole talk where the critical deconstruction of social reality readily occurs. Using Paolo Freire’s pedagogical ideas of problem-posing dialogue, this ethnographic paper, explores three main areas. Those being, the sweats and ole talk; the radicality of the sweats displayed in individual agency against the structured restrictions of formal sports participation; and the sweats as a site for cross-cultural integration and interaction in an otherwise ethnically diverse country. Through the experiences of eight individuals associated to the sweats, Freirean ideas of love, radicality and hopefulness are prominent in the description of the sweats. To this end, this paper adds to the growing body of literature on informal sport participation as a site to negotiate and reconcile differences in local communities, as well as a site for social and sport-for-development.
Chapter: Storytelling in Anti-colonial Geographies: Caribbean Methodologies with World-Making Possibilities
The Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography is the defining reference for academics and postgraduate students seeking an advanced understanding of the debates, methodological developments and methods transforming research in human geography. Divided into three sections, Part I reviews how the methods of contemporary human geography reflect the changing intellectual history of human geography and events both within human geography and society in general. In Part II, authors critically appraise key methodological and theoretical challenges and opportunities that are shaping contemporary research in various parts of human geography. Contemporary directions within the discipline are elaborated on by established and emerging researchers who are leading ontological debates and the adoption of innovative methods in geographic research. In Part III, authors explore cross-cutting methodological challenges and prompt questions about the values and goals underpinning geographical research work, such as: Who are we engaging in our research? Who is our research ‘for’? What are our relationships with communities?
Contributors emphasize examples from their research and the research of others to reflect the fluid, emotional and pragmatic realities of research. This handbook captures key methodological developments and disciplinary influences emerging from the various sub-disciplines of human geography.
Public Lecture UTT (2017)
Disrupting entrenched Eurocentric approaches to research with Caribbean peoples: developing a culturally-relevant research methodology
TASA Conference - Ole Talk and Liming 20-11-16 (Nov 2016)
​The Australian Sociological Association Conference Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia 28 November – 1 December 2016
‘Ole talk and liming’ - A Qualitative approach to research with Caribbean peoples Margaret Chatoor and Camille Nakhid