IRMs (Indigenous Research Methodologies)

Considering Indigenous Research Methodologies: Critical Reflections by an Indigenous Knower
Joseph P. Gone, PHD.

Before I dive into this article when discussing IRMs with John and Malika. I considered the format of place and purpose of how IRMs came into action.
Placing job roles inside of an IRM framework made me reconsider the methodology I could be developing while doing my action research project. The following prompts, I am hoping to answer;

1. Is a technician an indigenous staff member of the building?
2. What are indigenous practices within the university?
3. How do IRMs develop and innovate academia?

Upon reflection on this paper, it has provided me with a more guided understanding of indigenous practice and research methods. The theory I was looking for, has more to do with place and the everyday inhabitants who occupy these spaces on a daily basis.

The journey continues, but the value of this learning moment was necessary to build upon, my research method research.

However I do think these series of questions can be the foundation of asking the same questions;

Three Sets of Key Questions About IRMs:

1. What is an IE in specific and concrete terms?
   • How comprehensive, coherent, constructive, and consensual must these knowledge practices be?
   • What are the differences between and among various basic terms within this discussion?
   • How distinctive must IEs be from “Western” approaches?
   • How could precontact IEs survive until today?
2. Who is an Indigenous “knower”?
   • What are attributes of Indigenous knowers?
   • What is the relationship between identities and practices relative to IEs?
   • How can academic knowers access IEs?
   • Can non-Natives become indigenous knowers?
3. How should we study, describe, and represent IEs?
   • What qualifies particular Indigenous scholars to access IEs for academic purposes?
   • What is the methodology by which Indigenous scholars should recover IEs?
   • How could IEs be so ready-made for university-based knowledge production?
   • What are the sociopolitical, ethical, and economic implications of studying and writing about IEs?

What are the differences between and among various basic terms within this discussion?

This is a foundational question in separating the construction of my research questions, what is the difference between Academic and Technical teaching and is there a vocabulary of basics that needs to be determined.

reflecting on these questions and papers, was the right choice, but the not the correct method, finding something more in the lines of place and the foundational people who run the building. Maybe contacting John would be good.