A Foucaultian Approach to Menstrual Practices in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories, Canada

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2431041
AutoresAudrey R Giles (0000-0003-1396-0628, autor de correspondencia)
Año2005
Volumen42
Número2
Páginas9-21
Fecha de publicación2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArctic Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0066-6939 • E-ISSN: 1933-8139
EditorialUniversity of Wisconsin Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/arc.2011.0094
PMID21847835
OpenAlexW2073336017
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas9

In this paper, I explore the benefits of using a Foucaultian approach to examine research questions related to Dene women, menstrual traditions, and physical practices (the term physical practices is here used to encompass the contested terms sport, recreation, traditional games, and physical activity) in the Dehcho region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. While it is clear that Indigenous research frameworks have been marginalized in past research projects, this paper argues that the current approach of using almost exclusively Indigenous frameworks when conducting research with Indigenous communities has several drawbacks and relies on some troubling assumptions. After outlining the strengths of a Foucaultian approach, examples derived from fieldwork in the Dehcho region are used to illustrate the ways in which a Foucaultian approach can be operationalized, while also demonstrating the ways in which such an approach to research can complement Indigenous research frameworks and agendas

Epistemology · Indigenous · Operationalization · Political science · Recreation · Sociology · Gender Studies · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics