Agiidal ("Visiting") as Unangax̂ methodology in Qaqamiiĝux̂ ("Subsistence") work / Haliehana Stepetin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stepetin, Haliehana, author.

Series:

SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research.

SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aleuts--Research--Case studies.

Aleuts.

Traditional ecological knowledge--Research--Alaska--Aleutian Islands--Case studies.

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2024.

Summary:

Agiidal ("visiting") is an Unangax̂ methodology developed through Qaqamiiĝux̂ ("subsistence) processes over thousands of years in deep relationality with place. This case study considers the significance of agiidal as an Unangax̂ method building from the 8 months I spent visiting with Unangax̂ community members in Unangam Tanangin ("Unangax̂ homelands/Aleutian Islands") from January to August 2022 and with Unangax̂ community members in Anchorage from August 2022 to March 2023. I employed, shaped, and developed agiidal as research method to understand place-based perspectives of climate change to incorporate Unangax̂ testimony as a source. Agiidal as a methodology supports Unangax̂ knowledge as valid and valued scientific knowledge while navigating climate change and considers this type of decolonizing-shift epistemic justice. Testimonies from Unangax̂ community members attest to climate change and theorize strategies to foster livable Unangax̂ futures and continue our qaqamiiĝux̂ ("subsistence") lifestyles as we have always done. These testimonies are sought and engaged via agiidal as a methodology following seasonal subsistence patterns and processes. This case study shares how I designed, approached, and executed agiidal as a methodology in Unangam Tanangin and Anchorage and how my approach shifted in response to challenges and seasonal requirements of community members. Agiidal as a methodology is a time-tested Unangax̂ method of survival in place, and it is informed and shaped by Unangax̂ peoples past, present, and future. This study considers the precarity of sharing agiidal as a Unangax̂ method for those outside my community to learn from while also fiercely protecting Unangax̂ knowledges and methods from co-optation.

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ISBN:

1-5296-8700-4

9781529687002

OCLC:

1428170457