Dr. Darnell's research with the First Nations (Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking)peoples of Southwestern Ontario, Canada, focuses on building bridges between Indigenous knowledges concerning human health, the natural world and the spiritual relation
...MoreDr. Darnell's research with the First Nations (Algonquian and Iroquoian-speaking)peoples of Southwestern Ontario, Canada, focuses on building bridges between Indigenous knowledges concerning human health, the natural world and the spiritual relations of human persons within it to the usually discrete academic disciplines consolidating Western knowledge of similar phenomena. Qualitative methods of life history, narrative and discourse analysis are used to establish a common theoretical discourse within which paraticipatory action research in collaboration with First Nations communities can proceed effectively and provide generalizable models for cross-cultural communication. Dr. Darnell was the founding director of the First Nations Studies program at the University of Western Ontario and has worked with Algonquian and Iroquoian languages and cultures for nearly four decades.
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