Call for Papers: Indigenous-with-Indigenous Research: Ethics, Methodology, and Politics 

Editors in Chief: Mariya Kardashevskaya and Sardana Nikolaeva 

We invite scholars, researchers, and activists to submit original research articles, essays, and shorter written pieces for a collected volume “Indigenous-with-Indigenous Research: Ethics, Methodology, and Politics”. Majority of academic and non-academic literature focuses on particularities of Indigenous research and research with Indigenous communities, encompassing a variety of topics such as research goals, ethics, methods, research process, research access, and even researchers themselves. However, what is missing from this discussion is a critical contemplation over what challenges (expected and unexpected) might occur when a researcher is an Indigenous person of one geographical, political, economic, and cultural context yet is involved in research with Indigenous peoples elsewhere. In this collaborative collected volume, we want to open a space for critical discussion of explicit and implicit effects that this sort of research might have on the process of inquiry and knowledge production and reproduction.

In this volume, we offer to explore and critically interrogate the following questions: How can one’s Indigeneity shape one’s understanding and perception of other Indigenous peoples, who are participants of one’s research? What methodological and ethical challenges and/or advantages must we consider in Indigenous-with-Indigenous research? How do these considerations impact one’s research and the Indigenous peoples positively and/or negatively? How can larger geopolitical and nation-state contexts and conditions impact research objectives, methods, and outcomes in Indigenous research, if at all?

We are especially interested in submissions based on lived experiences as Indigenous scholars, researchers, activists and community members.

SUBMISSIONS

We welcome contributions from any discipline; the submissions must be accompanied by an abstract (250 words maximum) with the full name/s of author/s and their affiliation. Submissions should be formatted in the appropriate referencing style for your discipline (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.). 

If interested, please send an abstract for your proposed contribution to Sardana Nikolaeva ([email protected]) and Mariya Kardashevskaya ([email protected]) no later than January 15, 2025. If you have any questions about this collaborative project, please contact Sardana Nikolaeva and Mariya Kardashevskaya.