Decolonizing Research

About the Author

Jo-ann Archibald (Q’um Q’um Xiiem) is scholar and educational practitioner from the Sto:lo and St’at’imc First Nations in British Columbia, Canada. She is professor emeritus in the Educational Studies Department at the UBC Faculty of Education. She was previously the Associate Dean of Indigenous Education, and the Director of NITEP (UBC’s Indigenous Teacher Education Program). She is the author of Indigenous Storywork: Educating the Heart, Mind, Body, and Spirit (2008).

Jenny Bol Jun Lee-Morgan is a Maori scholar and educational practitioner. Her tribal affiliations are to Ngati Mahuta, Waikato-Tainui. She is a Professor of Maori Research, and Director of Nga Wai a te Tui Maori and Indigenous Research, Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand. She previously served as deputy director of the Kotahi Research Institute, The University, and as the head of the School of Maori Education (Te Puna Wananga), The University of Auckland. Her previous works include: co-edited book Decolonisation in Aotearoa: Education, research and practice (Hutchings & Lee-Morgan, 2016) that won Te Korero Pono in the Nga Kupu Ora Aotearoa Maori Book Awards 2017; Oho ake: Rehu Marae (Lee & Selwyn, 2010); and Jade Taniwha: Maori-Chinese Identity and Schooling in Aotearoa (2007).

Dr Jason De Santolo is a researcher & creative producer. His tribal affiliations are Garrwa and Barunggam. He is Assoc Professor of Indigenous Research in the School of Design at University of Technology Sydney and an Associate in the Institute for Sustainable Futures. He previously worked as a Senior Researcher in Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research where he led New Media and the Indigenous Research Synergies strategy. Jason co-edited Decolonizing Research: Indigenous storywork as methodology (2019) with Jo-Ann Archibald and Jenny Lee-Morgan (Zed Books). His latest documentary Warburdar Bununu/Water Shield (2019) explores water contamination in his homelands and Borroloola, Northern Territory and will be premiering at the Sydney Film Festival.