My partner and I are both researchers trying to develop a collaborative framework that honors Indigenous knowledge systems alongside Western scientific methods, but we keep falling into the same pattern where I defer to their PhD credentials and they get frustrated that I'm not pushing back on the epistemological assumptions we're supposed to be questioning together.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people attempting intellectual partnership across different forms of authority are reproducing the very hierarchies they're trying to dismantle.
“Where Are You with Indigenous science and Western science in dialogue?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.