TY - JOUR
T1 - Phenomenological research among Canadian and United States indigenous populations
T2 - Oral tradition and quintessence of time
AU - Struthers, Roxanne
AU - Peden-McAlpine, Cynthia J
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - Researchers conducting phenomenological studies among indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada have identified a seamless link between phenomenology and indigenous oral tradition. Phenomenology is compatible with indigenous peoples, because it is synchronous with holistic indigenous cultural lifeway and values. Phenomenology, as a research method, assists indigenous people in reproducing, through narrative communication, features of the past, present, and future. In the narrative process, this method elicits significant implicit meaning of indigenous culture and assists with recording the essence of experiences and events of indigenous societies. A product of the telling of narrative stories is the capacity to reflect on change that will enhance health in a holistic and culturally acceptable manner.
AB - Researchers conducting phenomenological studies among indigenous peoples in the United States and Canada have identified a seamless link between phenomenology and indigenous oral tradition. Phenomenology is compatible with indigenous peoples, because it is synchronous with holistic indigenous cultural lifeway and values. Phenomenology, as a research method, assists indigenous people in reproducing, through narrative communication, features of the past, present, and future. In the narrative process, this method elicits significant implicit meaning of indigenous culture and assists with recording the essence of experiences and events of indigenous societies. A product of the telling of narrative stories is the capacity to reflect on change that will enhance health in a holistic and culturally acceptable manner.
KW - Aboriginal
KW - American Indian
KW - First Nations
KW - Indigenous
KW - Interpretive research
KW - Narratives
KW - Oral tradition
KW - Time
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U2 - 10.1177/1049732305281329
DO - 10.1177/1049732305281329
M3 - Article
C2 - 16204404
AN - SCOPUS:27844548725
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 15
SP - 1264
EP - 1276
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 9
ER -