Remote Australia Live City - Aboriginal Community Researchers
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Aboriginal Community Researchers are promoting meaningful research outcomes in remote Aboriginal communities. The program has nearly 200 Aboriginal Community Researchers working in over 60 communities using Participatory Action Research. The goal is to create positive CHANGE for Aboriginal communities through research that is community-led and makes a practical difference.
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Remote Australia Live City - Aboriginal Community Researchers
- 1. Aboriginal Community Researchers: promoting meaningful research outcomes in remote Aboriginal communities Tammy Abbott, Senior Research Officer Sharon Forrester, Senior Research Officer Remote Australia Live City Symposium Sydney, 27 April 2017
- 2. 2 Aboriginal Community Researcher Program A network of nearly 200 Aboriginal Community Researchers working in over 60 communities
- 3. Participatory Action Research 3 CHANGE Adapted from: jareddonovan.com/blog/on/research/
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Editor's Notes
- Acknowledgement of Traditional Owners and country: We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, on whose traditional land this symposium is being held and pay our respects to their ancestors and elders. We acknowledge that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still important to the living Gadigal people today. We also acknowledge the cultural authority of Aboriginal people visiting/attending from other areas of NSW/Australia present here today. I/We would also like to extend my/our respect to everyone present here today Research in remote Australia, especially with and for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, is a part of Ninti One’s core business. Ninti One recognises that the goal of sustainable and healthy remote communities is intrinsically liked with participation, ownership and partnership of the residents of those remote communities. Ninti One has extensive experience in the mentoring, support and employment of Aboriginal Community researchers.
- A large part of Ninti One’s research employs local community members as community researchers. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are recruited as Community Researchers and employed by Ninti One to help us to conduct inclusive, participatory and democratic research with and within their remote and regional communities. The reason is simple. The results of the research are better because local people are more informed and have an in‐depth understanding of history, community, language and culture. Trained Aboriginal Community Researchers make an essential contribution to research in several ways. We know that sustainable, healthy and viable communities depend on the participation, ownership and partnership of residents of those remote communities in initiatives that affect their lives. We therefore place effective community engagement at the heart of our practice. We have the specialist expertise, on ground experience, knowledge and specialist staff to successfully conduct research activities with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote communities in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland. Ninti One ATSI Community Researchers possess a variety of specialist skills that benefit our research as well as helping to foster the development of quality local governance, community confidence and individual ability. These specialist skills include: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, understanding complex cultural concepts, knowledge of local relationship matrices and specialist local ecological knowledge. Ninti One has extensive experience and expertise in providing specialised Collaborative Research, Consultancy and Contract Research services to a wide range of business, industry, government and community organisations. We have established relationships with many remote communities, formal partnerships with a number of universities and work collaboratively on multidisciplinary research projects across the country. We have also participated in the development of innovative technologies, practices and methodologies that provide real benefits to all sectors of remote Australia.
- We specialise in participatory action research as we believe that research and action must be done ‘with’ people and not ‘on’ or ‘for’ people. Due to the geographic, demographic and cultural complexities that are present in remote Australia, we use a range of methodologies to capture the data required. These are most often based on the principles of participatory action research and follow a cyclical pattern that enables learning from one cycle to contribute to the next. The aim is meaningful change. We particularly apply PAR to our work in remote Australia, but it is just as useful in other contexts. Inquiry based on PAR principles makes sense of the world through collective efforts to transform it, as opposed to simply observing and studying human behaviour and people’s views. We seek to address social, economic, health and education challenges and opportunities experienced in remote Australia by offering a project management, community development, participatory research and evaluation service which employs remote community research teams as part of its charter. We facilitate the planning and design of research projects, manage the logistics of on ground remote work, conduct the research and analyse and report findings. Our staff possess specialist skills, knowledge and expertise in the fields of: Governance Community engagement Remote service delivery Social and economic analysis Health & well-being Participatory Action Research
- ACRs use a range of skills, Aboriginal language and literacies, and contribute to all phases of the research including the design and fieldwork in their communities. They are skilled in undertaking all aspects of high quality research including face‐to‐face surveys, focus groups, data collection, cultural analysis and reporting. ACRs provide unique insights and understandings into local communities in remote Australia.
- They are proud to be undertaking research work which will benefit people living and working in remote Australia.
- Having family connections also assists the process, it helps build the relationship between Ninti One staff and local community members.
- Working together collaboratively is very important and what we practice best.
- Ensuring that people are comfortable in their settings in order to collect valued information is important.
- These are a few our Project Partners. To wrap up this presentation: Participatory action Research and training establishes strong ownership for local community residents as paid researchers and primary stakeholders of research projects. Ninti One Aboriginal Community Researchers: Provide intercultural guidance, cultural liaison, consultation and interpretation services Use a range of skills and literacies, and contribute to all phases of the research including the design and fieldwork in their communities. Are skilled in undertaking all aspects of high quality research including face-to-face surveys, focus groups, data collection, cultural analysis and reporting. Are experienced in monitoring and evaluation, sample collection, mapping and logging data. Are proud to be undertaking research work which will benefit people living and working in remote Australia.