Through collaborative autoethnography, two doctoral student researchers investigate how embodying and embedding Indigenous and Black-centered knowledges strengthen their respective doctoral research methodologies. Through this reflexive self-study, the parallels of various onto-epistemologies grounded in Indigenous matriarchal wisdom and Black feminist thought are exposed, highlighting how these unique forms of knowing have shaped the professional and pedagogical aspects of their proposed doctoral research. These culturally-relevant Ways of Knowing provide a deeper understanding of their positionality and personal journey as a doctoral student and an emerging leader within their educational communities. The researchers contend that racialized women as doctoral student researchers should place their own personal knowing at the forefront of their research, using this often undervalued form of knowledge as a foundation of meaning-making.

Authors:
Stepahanie Yi, Brock University, Canada
Morning Star Tom, Lakehead University, Canada

About the Presenter(s)
Stepahanie Yi is currently a Ph.D. in Educational Studies student in the Faculty of Education at Brock University, Canada.

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