The concept of Community-Led Research has taken off in recent years in a variety of fields, from archaeology and anthropology to social work and everything in between. Drawing on case studies from Australia and the Pacific, this book considers what it means to participate in Community-Led Research, for both communities and researchers. How can researchers and communities work together well, and how can research be reimagined using the knowledge of First Nations peoples and other communities to ensure it remains relevant, sustainable, socially just and inclusive?
Victoria Rawlings is a lecturer in the University of Sydney School of Education and Social Work. Her research focuses on the ways that schools and other institutions produce messages around gender and sexuality, and how these cultures impact the experiences of the people within these institutions.
James Flexner is senior lecturer in historical archaeology and heritage at the University of Sydney. His interests include historical archaeology, landscape archaeology, the Oceanic region, and how to build a better world for human beings to live in.
Lynette Riley is a Wiradjuri and Gamilaroi woman. She is Program Director of Indigenous Studies and Aboriginal Education at the University of Sydney. Her interests focus on improving education for Aboriginal people, cultural education for non-Aboriginal people, and appropriate research practices with Aboriginal people.
'Community-led Research' collects an important, interdisciplinary range of contributions that each work towards addressing the stated aim of shifting the balance of academic power from researcher led studies to those which are conceived of, shaped and driven by research communities ... This is an important read for all researchers, including archaeologists, whether they routinely work with communities or not. It will challenge existing practice and encourage new ways of conducting research, one where the researcher no longer takes primacy.' -- Jordan Ralph -- Australasian Historical Archaeology
