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Decolonizing Data : Unsettling Conversations About Social Research Methods.

By: Publisher: Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, 2022Copyright date: 2022Description: xx, 151 pages : illustrations, map, charts ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781487523336
  • 1487523335
  • 9781487504403
  • 1487504403
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Decolonizing data.DDC classification:
  • 300.72/071 23
LOC classification:
  • H62.5.C22 Q56 2022
  • H62.5.C3 Q56 2022
NLM classification:
  • WA 300 DC2
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in electronic format.
Contents:
Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The impacts of colonization on Indigenous health and well-being -- 3. Decolonizing bodies and a self-governing health system -- 4. Social capital theory, health indicators, and Indigenous communities -- 5. Decolonizing data and critical research methods -- 6. Conclusion.
Summary: "Canada's colonial history continues to have a devastating impact on Indigenous peoples and communities. Decolonizing Data explores how ongoing structures of colonialization negatively impact the well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities across Canada, resulting in persistent health inequalities. In addressing the social dimensions of health, particularly as they affect Indigenous peoples and BIPOC communities, Decolonizing Data asks, should these groups be given priority for future health policy considerations? Decolonizing Data provides a deeper understanding of the social dimensions of health as applied to Indigenous peoples, who have been historically underfunded in and excluded from health services, programs, and quality of care; this has most recently been seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on both Western and Indigenous methodologies, this unique scholarly contribution takes a sociological perspective, as well as the "two-eyed seeing" approach to research methods. By looking at the ways that everyday research practices contribute to the colonization of health outcomes for Indigenous peoples, Decolonizing Data exposes the social dimensions of healthcare, and offers a careful and respectful reflection on how to "unsettle conversations" about applied social research initiatives for our most vulnerable groups."-- Provided by publisher
List(s) this item appears in: 2023 New Titles
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-142) and index.

Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The impacts of colonization on Indigenous health and well-being -- 3. Decolonizing bodies and a self-governing health system -- 4. Social capital theory, health indicators, and Indigenous communities -- 5. Decolonizing data and critical research methods -- 6. Conclusion.

"Canada's colonial history continues to have a devastating impact on Indigenous peoples and communities. Decolonizing Data explores how ongoing structures of colonialization negatively impact the well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities across Canada, resulting in persistent health inequalities. In addressing the social dimensions of health, particularly as they affect Indigenous peoples and BIPOC communities, Decolonizing Data asks, should these groups be given priority for future health policy considerations? Decolonizing Data provides a deeper understanding of the social dimensions of health as applied to Indigenous peoples, who have been historically underfunded in and excluded from health services, programs, and quality of care; this has most recently been seen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on both Western and Indigenous methodologies, this unique scholarly contribution takes a sociological perspective, as well as the "two-eyed seeing" approach to research methods. By looking at the ways that everyday research practices contribute to the colonization of health outcomes for Indigenous peoples, Decolonizing Data exposes the social dimensions of healthcare, and offers a careful and respectful reflection on how to "unsettle conversations" about applied social research initiatives for our most vulnerable groups."-- Provided by publisher

Issued also in electronic format.

Jacqueline M. Quinless: adjunct professor, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria.

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