{"pk":3077,"title":"Narrative Inquiry as a Decolonising  Methodology","subtitle":null,"abstract":"As a distinct form of qualitative research, narrative can be used as a method of inquiry in order to examine past experiences and decolonise minds regarding the “still persistent colonial mission” (Willinsky in Abdi & Richardson, 2008, p. viii). Narrative acts as a lens through which we see anew – it is a means to explore unfamiliar sociohistorical context. A significant characteristic of narrative is that it can allow for new meanings and diverse ways of knowing to emerge. In this paper, I highlight how I use narrative as a decolonising methodology in which, according to Edward Said (1978), indigenous people are responsible to provide their narratives to counter the perspective of outsiders.  In particular, I include Arab Muslim women’s narratives that counter Orientalist perceptions of Muslim women as passive victims of their faith.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"narrative"},{"word":"decolonising  methodology"},{"word":"Indigenous Research"},{"word":"Muslim women"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6mt5893k","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Amani","middle_name":"K","last_name":"Hamdan","name_suffix":"","institution":"Ottawa University","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2008-12-22T08:00:00Z","date_accepted":"2008-12-22T08:00:00Z","date_published":"2009-06-04T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/gseis_interactions/article/3077/galley/1870/download/"}]}