Caribbean / Indigenous Research Methodologies

Exploring Indigenous and Local Ways of Knowing – Decolonizing Caribbean Educational Research Endeavors Toward Transforming Curriculum Approaches
Anthazia KADIR
This presentation offered an autoethnographic account of my journey engaging with teaching
and research in a Caribbean context. Hence, using my experiences at the University of the
West Indies, Cavehill, Barbados, I shared the transformational possibilities that may exist
when we include research methodologies that affirm and value indigenous and local ways
of knowing. To this end, this presentation demonstrated that the remnants of colonization,
which arguably still possess the mindset of Caribbean intellectuals, are resonant within
educational research practices in the Caribbean.
Therefore, to move towards decolonizing and transforming educational research
endeavors from the wounds of colonialism, this presentation shared my doctoral
research design to demonstrate the necessity of using Indigenous and Local Ways of
Engagement, such as ole talk, as strategies for transformation.
Hence, using autoethnography as a delivery and qualitative research method, this
presentation examined the Caribbean’s colonial past towards providing a theoretical and
practical template for engaging with decolonization as a praxis rooted in contemplation,
compassion and emancipatory explorations. As such, in the context of subverting the
paternalist ideologies learned at the breast of plantocracy, this presentation proposed
educational research approaches that can transform curriculum work in the region.
Key Words: Curriculum Approaches, Decolonization, Emancipatory, Indigenous, Ole-Talk,

Link:https://www.caribbeanmethodology.org/_files/ugd/a769be_b03c58e83dda48909408e97aa295d683.pdf