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The Purga Project: Indigenous Knowledge Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2015

Norm Sheehan  and
Polly Walker
Norm Sheehan
Affiliation:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit, The University of Queensland
Polly Walker
Affiliation:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit, The University of Queensland
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Extract

We are Indigenous University lecturers involved in research with the Purga Elders and Descendants Aboriginal Corporation. Our research at Purga involves the instigation of Indigenous Knowledge as the basis of effective and valid research methodologies. This article will describe the work that the University of Queensland (UQ) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit is doing at Purga. It will then articulate the principles of Indigenous Knowledge Research that inform this work.

Type
Section A: Teaching and Learning
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The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education , Volume 29 , Issue 2 , 2001 , pp. 11 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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