Developing Indigenous Research Methodologies in the Arctic (IRM-A): Examining the Impacts of Settlement on Socialization and Youth Experience in Siberia and Alaska

这项创新性、协作性、可比性的人种学调查旨在探索如何有效地利用土著研究方法研究北极土著青年，特别关注定居对社会化实践的当地影响以及在两个北极土著社区长大的经历：一个在西伯利亚，一个在阿拉斯加。这项研究的设计和方法直接源于社区的要求和当代环极地社会的迫切需要，目的是想出更有效和更符合文化的方式，在北极地区与土著青年合作。阿拉斯加和西伯利亚两名土著社会科学家的参与对于在每个社区引入人类学同行观察的创新方法至关重要，以记录和解决作为土著人进行土著研究的复杂性。同行观察的过程将通过土著观察者的文化相遇使意义系统能够相交，在研究过程中引入以下条件：传统的土著知识、同理心、对当代社会经济和全球环境背景的土著观点以及非土著的S对地方特殊性的看法。这项参与性研究将涉及以下问题：土著研究方法的主要特点是什么？土著研究方法如何应用于北极土著背景和青年？土著研究方法如何对社区中的重要社会问题产生关键影响？利用土著方法进行研究的好处和挑战是什么？土著研究方法如何更普遍地应用于文化和学术背景？这项研究旨在通过从土著社区的角度以及土著研究人员的角度提供关于研究过程、方法和结果的重要信息，对国际土著和科学界产生影响。

This innovative, collaborative, comparative ethnographic inquiry aims to explore the ways indigenous research methodologies can be effectively utilized in the study of arctic indigenous youth with special focus on local impacts of settlement on socialization practices and experiences of growing up in two arctic Indigenous communities: one in Siberia and one in Alaska. The design and methods of the study arise directly from community requests and contemporary circumpolar social exigencies to come up with more effective and culturally responsive ways of working with Indigenous youth in arctic contexts. The involvement of two native Alaskan and Siberian social scientists are crucial for introduction of an innovative method of anthropological peer observation in each community to document and address the complexities of conducting Native research as a Native person. The process of peer observation will enable the intersection of meaning systems through the cultural encounter of Indigenous observer bringing to bear on the research process the following conditions: traditional Indigenous knowledge, empathy, a native-point-of-view of the contemporary socio-economic and global environmental context as well as a non-native?s perception of local specificities. This participatory study will address the following questions: What are the key characteristics of Indigenous research methodologies? How are Indigenous research methodologies applied in arctic Indigenous contexts and with youth? How can Indigenous research methods impact critically upon important social issues in the communities? What are the benefits and challenges of utilizing an Indigenous approach to research, and how can Indigenous research methods apply more generally across cultural and academic contexts? This study aims to impact the international Indigenous and scientific communities by providing critical information on research process, methods and outcomes from both the Indigenous community perspective as well as from the Indigenous researcher perspectives.