This graduate course will prepare students to design and conduct research for their graduate and post graduate thesis in the field of Indigenous Studies. Research in our field is very transdisciplinary employing philosophical, theoretical, and empirical approaches to knowledge that draw on mātauranga Māori and other Indigenous ways of knowing as well as from other academic disciplines. Students will learn to draw upon critical Indigenous approaches to research and knowledge and be able to use research terms and methodologies common to the fields of critical Indigenous and decolonial studies. Researching the cultural, social, political, philosophical and creative lives of Māori and Indigenous Peoples involves engaging challenging and exciting ideas about what it means to know, to re-present, and to think about what Indigeneity means and has meant for us.

This is a fully internally assessed course. Grading rubrics will be provided through moodle.

This is a Level 5 course that is assessed by internal assessment methods. Your workload will be easier to manage if you attend to the readings consistently, allow time for reflection on all course materials, establish and maintain a regular journaling praxis, and allow yourself plenty of lead-in time for the other assessments.