Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Centre Research Hub

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Ethics considerations
Building relationships
Developing the research idea
Designing the study and seeking agreement
Data collection
Analyse the data and make sense of the findings
Report Writing
Sharing and translating results into action
Learning from experience

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TOGETHER

Food/body disconnection (eating disorder) doesn’t discriminate. You might be a saltwater or freshwater person. You might be from the city, the Islands or from the desert. This disconnection can affect anybody.

But TOGETHER with the right tools, the right people and understanding the underlying issues. Together we can build strength, wellbeing and confidence.

It’s about honouring First Nations ways of knowing, being, and doing. This is what research and evaluation look like for First Nations people. It represents wisdom gathered in one place, knowledge sharing and living well.

Research has not always been good for First Nations peoples. This story is about collective wisdom and cultural governance, shared with non-Indigenous people.

Researcher's Tasks

  • Finalise the research proposal and agreement, ensuring it addresses all relevant matters (such as intellectual and cultural property and data management)
  • Sign research agreement when everybody is happy
  • Develop a research project plan
  • Jointly develop the ethics application for approval
  • Do not start the project without ethics approval

Community/organisational involvement

  • Make sure there is a clear explanation of the research agreement which all community members can understand
  • Make sure the research agreement addresses all relevant matters, such as intellectual and cultural property and data management
  • Request different approaches if required
  • Jointly develop the ethics application for approval
  • Provide a letter of community and organisation support
  • Ensure the research project plan is workable
  • If appropriate, organise a community advisory group to assist or guide the research

Cultural and intellectual property

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Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property

The National Library

The National Library has developed an Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property Protocol to guide all parties in the access and use of ICIP in its collections.

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International Indigenous Design Charter

Indigenous Design Charter

The Charter has been created to serve as a living document to guide best practice when working with Indigenous knowledge in commercial design projects.

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Aboriginal Knowledge and Intellectual Property Protocol Community Guide

Ninti One

The Charter has been created to serve as a living document to guide best practice when working with Indigenous knowledge in commercial design projects.

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Protocol for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Knowledge and Intellectual Property

Ninti One

This Protocol is a resource to guide researchers toward best practice in ethics, confidentiality, equitable benefit sharing and in managing research information. It sets out the ways in which Ninti One research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be conducted and how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge and intellectual property will be managed throughout the research process.

Indigenous Methodologies and Research Methods

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The Yerin Dilly Bag Model of Indigenist Health Research

Doyle, K., Cleary, M., Blanchard, D., & Hungerford, C.

This paper describes the Yerin Dilly Bag Model, a culturally appropriate model for conducting Indigenist health research.

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Applying collective impact in Aboriginal health services and research: three case studies

Gwynne, K., Rambaldini, B., Christie, V., Meharg, D., Gwynn, J. D., Dimitropoulos, Y., Parter, C., & Skinner, J. C.

This paper uses three case studies to illustrate the application of collective impact in Aboriginal health services and research.

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Indigenist Research and Aboriginal Australia

Rigney, I. L.

This book chapter explores the principles of Indigenist research in the context of Aboriginal Australia.

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Inner Deep Listening and Quiet Still Awareness

Mirriam Rose Foundation

This resource introduces the practice of Dadirri, a deep spiritual reflection and listening approach central to Indigenous Australian cultures.

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Yarning About Yarning as a Legitimate Method in Indigenous Research

Dawn Bessarab, & Bridget Ng’andu

This paper discusses the method of 'yarning' as a culturally respectful and legitimate research method in Indigenous contexts.

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Mirrwana and Wurrkama: Applying an Indigenous Knowledge Framework to Collaborative Research on Ceremonies

Linda Mae Ford, Linda Barwick, Allan Marett

This chapter explores the collaborative development, implementation, and evaluation of a research project that integrates Indigenous and Western knowledge systems, focusing on the Tyikim people's ceremonies in the Wagait-Daly region, guided by the Indigenous knowledge framework mirrwana-wurrkama, based on traditional cycad nut processing practices.

Data Sovereignty

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Delivering Indigenous Data Sovereignty

AIATSIS

The discussion focused on advancing principles for Indigenous data governance in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, covering engagement with Indigenous communities and organizations, ethical frameworks for genomics and big/open data, and contributing to global policy efforts, while also seeking input from conference attendees on sustaining strategic connections among Indigenous academics and communities.

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CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance

GIDA Global

A guide to the CARE principles, which provide a framework for ethically managing and governing Indigenous data.

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Taking Control of Our Data: A Discussion Paper on Indigenous Data Governance

Lowitja Institute

A discussion paper that explores the importance of Indigenous data governance and the role of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in controlling their data.

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Indigenous Data Sovereignty and data governance

Yoorrool Justice Commission

This information sheet summarises key elements of Yoorrook’s Indigenous Data Sovereignty and data governance policies in the case of information shared by First Peoples, which aim to ensure free, informed prior consent to any relevant use, publication and/or access.

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Informing practice through collaboration: listening to colonising histories and Aboriginal music. In Creative research in music: informed practice innovation and transcendence

Shannon Foster, Amanda Harris

This chapter describes an interdisciplinary and intercultural method for writing about historical performances of music and dance by Aboriginal people, and to inform collaborative performances with Aboriginal musicians.

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Ways of knowing, being and doing: a theoretical framework and method for Indigenous and Indigenist re-search

Martin, Karen, and Booran Mirraboopa

This chapter describes an interdisciplinary and intercultural method for writing about historical performances of music and dance by Aboriginal people, and to inform collaborative performances with Aboriginal musicians.

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Community-Led Research: Walking New Pathways Together

Victoria Rawlings, James L. Flexner, Lynette Riley

Drawing on case studies from Australia, the Pacific and Southeast Asia, this book considers what it means to participate in community-led research, for both communities and researchers.

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Aboriginal Participatory action research: An Indigenous research methodology strengthening decolonisation and social and emotional wellbeing

Victoria Rawlings, James L. Flexner, Lynette Riley

Focusing on key Indigenous wellbeing paradigms, discourses, and disciplines this discussion paper presents a distinctive Aboriginal Participatory Action Research (APAR) approach as a transformative Indigenous Research Methodology.