Sustaining University-Community Partnerships in Indigenous Communities: Five Lessons from Papakōlea

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 35-63
Author(s):  
Robert Agres ◽  
Adrienne Dillard ◽  
Kamuela Joseph Nui Enos ◽  
Brent Kakesako ◽  
B. Puni Kekauoha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Urban And Regional Planning ◽  
Culture Of Learning ◽  
Community Values ◽  
University Of Hawai'i ◽  
The University

This resource paper draws lessons from a twenty-year partnership between the Native Hawaiian community of Papakōlea, the Hawai‘i Alliance for Community-Based Economic Development, and the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawai‘i. Key players and co-authors describe five principles for sustained partnerships: (1) building partnerships based upon community values with potential for long-term commitments; (2) privileging indigenous ways of knowing; (3) creating a culture of learning together as a co-learning community; (4) fostering reciprocity and compassion in nurturing relationships; and (5) utilizing empowering methodologies and capacity-building strategies.

From Volunteering to Academic Programming: A Case Example

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (17) ◽  
pp. 7-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Gill ◽  
Sneha Bharadwaj ◽  
Nancy Quick ◽  
Sarah Wainscott ◽  
Paula Chance
Keyword(s):  
Special Needs ◽  
Cultural Relevance ◽  
Master's Program ◽  
Speech Language Pathology ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Charitable Organization ◽  
Language Pathology ◽  
The University

A speech-language pathology master's program that grew out of a partnership between the University of Zambia and a U.S.-based charitable organization, Connective Link Among Special needs Programs (CLASP) International, has just been completed in Zambia. The review of this program is outlined according to the suggested principles for community-based partnerships, a framework which may help evaluate cultural relevance and sustainability in long-term volunteer efforts (Israel, Schulz, Parker, & Becker, 1998).

Baraza as method: Adapting a traditional conversational space for data collection and pathways for change

2021 ◽  
pp. 147332502110293
Author(s):  
Laura A. Chubb ◽  
Christa B. Fouché ◽  
Karen Sadeh Kengah
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Context Specific

The call to decolonise research processes and knowledge produced through them has spawned a powerful shift in working relationships between community researchers and members of local communities. Adaptation of a traditional conversational space in a community-based participatory research study offers a context-specific example of a decolonising method for data collection and as pathways for change. This article reports on learnings encountered while adapting the space and highlights the relevance for other cultural contexts. We present principles to adapt traditional conversational spaces both for collecting data and as a means of working in partnership with indigenous communities to enable different ways of knowing and action.

scholarly journals Innovative Use of Locally Produced Inputs to Improve Plant Growth, Crop Quality, and Grower Profitability in Hawai’i

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 738-742 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore J.K. Radovich ◽  
Archana Pant ◽  
Ian Gurr ◽  
Ngyuen V. Hue ◽  
Jari Sugano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meat Products ◽  
Local Source ◽  
Seedling Production ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
Near Term ◽  
University Of Hawai'i ◽  
The University ◽  
On Farm ◽  
Local Materials

Reducing grower reliance on off-island inputs to promote plant nutrition was identified by industry as a high priority in efforts to improve agricultural sustainability in Hawai’i. A variety of knowledge gaps exist that prevent producers from using locally produced amendments in the fertility program. This study will focus on recent transdisciplinary efforts at the University of Hawai’i to improve understanding of factors that affect variability in the quality, application, efficacy, and cost-effectiveness of locally produced composts, vermicomposts, rendered animal products, and algae in Hawai’i. A series of greenhouse, experiment station, and on-farm trials have supported several conclusions, including 1) aqueous extracts of vermicomposts and high-quality, farmer-produced thermophilic composts can effectively improve crop growth and reduce costs associated with the use of these inputs; 2) replacement of peat and other imports with local materials in vegetable seedling production have the potential to improve seedling vigor and reduce costs in the long term; 3) commercially produced rendered meat products, alone and in combination with commercial composts, are a valuable local source of nitrogen (N); and 4) invasive algae from coral reef remediation may provide a significant source of potassium (K) in the near term, but K content of algae is highly dependent on species and location of growth.

scholarly journals “Stay with your words”: Indigenous youth, local policy, and the work of language fortification

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Sumida Huaman ◽  
Nathan D. Martin ◽  
Carnell T. Chosa
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Local Policy ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Indigenous Youth ◽  
Pueblo Indian ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Key Steps

This article focuses on the work of cultural and language maintenance and fortification with Indigenous youth populations. Here, the idea of work represents two strands of thought: first, research that is partnered with Indigenous youth-serving institutions and that prioritizes Indigenous youth perspectives; and second, the work of cultural and linguistic engagement that is often taken for granted as part of the sociocultural fabric of Indigenous communities where youth are active participants. By highlighting a study with Pueblo Indian youth in the southwestern United States, we aim to build on the counter-narrative frameworks of other educational scholars and community-based researchers in order to offer alternative approaches towards understanding how Indigenous youth can and do participate in representing themselves as cultural and language agents of change. Arriving at this realization requires several key steps, including deconstructing dominant assumptions, holding ourselves accountable for interrogating and revisiting our own biases, and ultimately committing to long-term research and support with Indigenous youth. As such, we offer empirical evidence that contradicts universal discourse of Indigenous peoples and youth as victims at risk. Instead, we focus on the ways in which Indigenous youth demonstrate both tentative and bold fortification of key elements in their Indigenous identities and illustrate promise in contribution to multiple levels of policy development to address their communities’ most urgent needs and goals. 

It’s a sprint, not a marathon: a case for building short-term partnerships for community-based participatory research

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879412110294
Author(s):  
Lucero Radonic ◽  
Cara Jacob ◽  
Rowenn Kalman ◽  
E. Yvonne Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Time Frames ◽  
Is Value

Academic calendars and university timelines set an urgent pace for researchers, which can hinder the establishment of long-term community partnerships. Given community-based participatory research’s (CBPR) emphasis on community-led research, time constraints can inhibit academic researchers’ commitments to collaborative methodologies and participatory research. This article considers how CBPR can be adapted for shorter-term engagements while still producing mutually beneficial research. In doing so, we contribute to the existing corpus on rapid assessment methodologies, characterized for adopting methods traditionally practiced over a longer duration to shorter time frames. We review the successes and limitations of a CBPR project executed within the timespan of six months in Flint, Michigan. In the case discussed, photo-voice enabled the inclusion of diverse ways of knowing, horizontal partnerships, reciprocal learning, and an accessible disemmination format within a CBPR framework. In conclusion we assert that there is value in short-term CBPR, especially for emergent issues where there is a need for rapid, responsive methodologies. However, short-term CBPR is a sprint, rather than a marathon; although shorter in duration, it is more intensive. It requires significant methodological commitments, flexibility, and an intensified workload for those involved.

Aloha ‘Āina: Homelessness, Learning Communities, and Social Justice

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 31-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christy Mello
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Nonprofit Organization ◽  
Land Restoration ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Subsistence Strategies ◽  
Political Sovereignty ◽  
University Of Hawai'i ◽  
The University

Members, living in Hawaii's largest houseless community, are depending on traditional subsistence strategies for sustaining their village, Pu‘uhonua ‘O Wai‘anae. Leaders have established partnerships in order to build their capacity in establishing a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, obtaining funding, meeting the basic needs of community members, and establishing sovereignty for preventing police removal. I serve as one such partner. The following describes our relationship as well as the ways in which I bridge activism with teaching. I detail how I and others, at the University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu, involve learning community students in an overall movement for social justice throughout Hawai'i that addresses homelessness, land restoration, and both food and political sovereignty.

Community University Research Agreement

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (S1) ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
Priscilla Settee ◽  
Shelley Thomas-Prokop
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Knowledge ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Urban Housing ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
The University

AbstractThis paper describes the process of engaging the extended Indigenous community within Saskatoon and the surrounding First Nations communities in what would be a first major research project between Indigenous communities and the University of Saskatchewan. A management committee was established comprised of all the major Saskatoon/Saskatchewan Indigenous organisations, such as the Federation of Saskatchewan Indians, Saskatoon Tribal Council, First Nations University of Canada and other community-based groups to ensure that research reflected First Nations and Metis needs. The project called “Bridges and Foundations” awarded some 35 projects close to two million dollars in research funds. The money was awarded through graduate student research bursaries, and community-based projects which highlighted the needs of Indigenous women, youth, students, elders and urban populations. The three research themes included respectful protocol, knowledge creation, and policy development. The research projects, which were largely Indigenous designed and driven, created one of the most extensive research collections over a period of four years and included major data collection on community-based research, Indigenous peoples and Indigenous knowledge systems and protocols. The paper relates the development of the project and speaks about the need for Indigenous peoples to lead their own research as well as the benefits of collaboration. It also highlights several of the research projects including a conference on Indigenous knowledge (2004), a video project describing the community mobilisation process behind Quint Urban Housing Co-operatives,

Spiritual Beliefs and Ecological Traditions in Indigenous Communities in India: Enhancing Community-Based Biodiversity Conservation

2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 168-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Costanza Torri ◽  
Thora Martina Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Cultural Representations ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Community Based Conservation ◽  
Sustainable Conservation

From time immemorial, local and indigenous communities in India have developed traditions, representations, and beliefs about the forest and biodiversity. The cultural practices and beliefs of a community play a significant role in enhancing community-based initiatives, particularly in achieving sustainability in the long term. Nevertheless, too often conservation policies do not take into consideration the link between the culture of local communities and their environment. A comprehensive understanding of the relationship between cultural traditions and practices related to biodiversity and their current status and manifestations is crucial to the concept of effective and sustainable conservation policy. This article examines the traditional practices of the communities in the Sariska region (Rajasthan, India) as well as their beliefs and their values, underlining the special relationship that these tribal and indigenous communities maintain with the forest and their usefulness in community-based conservation. Some conclusive remarks on the importance of adapting conservation approaches to local cultural representations of the environment will be drawn.

Infusing Traditional Knowledge and Ways of Knowing Into Science Communication Courses at the University of Hawai‘i

2014 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith D. Lemus ◽  
Kanesa Duncan Seraphin ◽  
Ann Coopersmith ◽  
Carly K. V. Correa
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
University Of Hawai'i ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Perspectives on Telehealth Projects in Northern Communities: Lessons Learned for Decolonized Participatory Design and Assessment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joelena Leader ◽  
Abby Goodrum
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Design ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Knowledge Mobilization ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Benefit ◽  
Technological Limitations

Northern and Indigenous communities face well documented challenges to accessing services and are impeded by significant infrastructure and technological limitations prompting the urgency to adopt innovative approaches to overcome these barriers. Telehealth – the means of accessing healthcare services and information across distance – promises to augment services to address access issues, yet notable utilization and structural constraints remain. Drawing on a recent community-based study capturing the perspectives from four Northern Saskatchewan communities on telehealth utilization, this paper draws attention to the importance of community collaborations as crucial to better decision-making and pathways forward. Specifically, this work identifies the need for decolonized participatory design (PD) and participatory technology assessment models that consider broader socio-cultural and technical factors to inform Indigenous technology design, adoption, and assessment for long-term community benefit. Further, to this is the need for community driven approaches and engagement through knowledge mobilization strategies that could better inform future community development.

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