"How We Know"

Kwara'ae Rural Villagers Doing Indigenous Epistemology

Bibliographic Data

ID23318258
AuthorsDavid Welchman Gegeo, Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo, Karen Ann Watson‐gegeo
Year2001
Volume13
Issue1
Pages55-88
Publication date2001-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Contemporary Pacific/ The contemporary Pacific (Online (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1043-898X • E-ISSN: 1527-9464
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/cp.2001.0004
OpenAlexW1979839239
LanguageEN
Citations received95
References cited28

We examine Kwara'ae (Solomon Islands) indigenous epistemology and indigenous critical praxis, including sources of knowledge and strategies for validating and critiquing evidence and knowledge construction. To illustrate indigenous epistemology in action, we focus on the Kwara'ae Genealogy Project, a research effort by rural villagers aimed at creating an indigenous written account of Kwara'ae culture. In recording, (re)constructing, and writing Kwara'ae culture, project members are not only doing indigenous epistemology, but also reflecting on and critiquing their own indigenous strategies for knowledge creation. We hope that the work illustrated here will inspire other Native Pacific Islander scholars to carry out research on their native or indigenous epistemologies.

Indigenous · Indigenous culture · Political science · Praxis · Sociology · Traditional knowledge · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Law

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