Yarning about Yarning – Knowledge Mobilization in an International Decolonizing Dialogue with Dr. Donna Baines & Dr. Bindi Bennett
I just would like to say to non-Indigenous people,…invite seems such a word of choice, but actually with First Nations people, sometimes when they say come back, it’s not an invitation, it’s actually a conversation to stay in reciprocity, to stay in respect, to stay in a situation where you’re really actually promoting collectiveness.
Dr. Bindi Bennett
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About the Episode
Dr. Donna Baines, Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Social Work, and Dr. Bindi Bennett, Professorial Research Fellow at Federation University discuss yarning, the Indigenous practice of preserving the oral cultures of storytelling. Reflecting on their international grant, Emancipatory Dialogue, with academics and non-academics across Canada, Australia and Taiwan, Dr. Baines and Dr. Bennett talk about yarning with Indigenous-led organizations in the project and the facilitation of a decolonizing dialogue between Western anti-oppressive and Indigenous approaches. Their conversation together produces learning about conducting research that respects cultural values and teachings, and emphasize the co-creation and co-ownership.
Timestamps
1:19 – Get to Know: Dr. Bindi Bennett
2:06 – Get to Know: Dr. Donna Baines
3:07 – The Emancipatory Dialogue Project
4:19 – The Importance of Yarning in Indigenous/Aboriginal Cultures
6:24 – Preserving Oral Cultures through Yarning in Research
7:28 – Partnerships with Indigenous-led Organizations – A Focus on Self-Determination, Sovereignty, Community and Culture
11:01 – Adaptability and Flexibility as Researchers in Decolonial Research
19:28 – Future Directions: De-Westernizing and Strengthening Indigenous Knowledge
20:26 – Hope, Thrivance, and Resilience
Mentioned in this Episode
Emancipatory Dialogue Project
Indigenous and Anti Oppressive Worldviews Video One
Indigenous and Anti Oppressive Worldviews Video Two
Our Guests
Dr. Bindi Bennett (she/her) is a K/Gamilaroi woman, mother, and social worker and is a Professorial Research Fellow at Federation University living, playing and working on Jinibara lands. She is a social justice scholar, a compassionate radical and activist requesting transformational change who is committed to improving and growing cultural responsiveness; re-Indigenising Western spaces; understanding and exploring Indigenous Knowledge Systems in research; and exploring the human-animal bond.
Dr. Donna Baines is a white woman and professor of Social Work at UBC on the beautiful unceded, traditional and ancestral lands of the Musqueam. She is also a social justice scholars and researches and teaches in anti-oppressive and decolonizing theory and practice; paid and unpaid care work, and social justice applications.