A Principled Uncertainty: Writing Studies Methods in Contexts of Indigeneity

College Composition and Communication Feb 2017

A Principled Uncertainty: Writing Studies Methods in Contexts of Indigeneity

Katja Thieme ; Shurli Makmillen

Abstract

This article uses rhetorical genre theory to discuss methods for writing studies research in light of increasing participation of Indigenous scholars and students in disciplines throughout the academy. Like genres, research methods are embedded in systems of interaction that create subject positions and social relations. Using rhetorical genre theory to understand methods as the cultural tools of research communities, we argue that methods can be enacted as flexible resources in the interest of advancing ethical knowledge. In the context of Indigenous epistemological activism, researchers can then take a contingent stance toward method, a stance we name “principled uncertainty.”

Journal: College Composition and Communication
Published: 2017-02-01
DOI: 10.58680/ccc201728963
Topics: genre theory empirical research race and writing

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