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Bibliography — Decolonizing Software Engineering and Scientific Research with IAIP

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Bibliography — Decolonizing Software Engineering and Scientific Research with IAIP

Primary Sources

Wilson, S. (2008)

Research is ceremony: Indigenous research methods. Fernwood Publishing.

  • Chapter 1: Getting Started — personal motivation, Coyote story (Harris, 2002), research paradigm definitions
  • Chapter 2: On the Research Journey — definition of terms (ontology, epistemology, methodology, axiology), strategy of inquiry vs. methods
  • Chapter 3: Can a Ceremony Include a Literature Review? — research as dadirri (deep listening), research as life-changing ceremony
  • Chapter 4: The Elements of an Indigenous Research Paradigm — relational introductions of co-researchers, Indigenous ontology/epistemology as relationality, Indigenous axiology/methodology as relational accountability
  • KEY THESIS: "The shared aspect of an Indigenous ontology and epistemology is relationality (relationships do not merely shape reality, they are reality). The shared aspect of an Indigenous axiology and methodology is accountability to relationships." (p. 7)

Smith, L. T. (1999)

Decolonizing methodologies: Research and Indigenous peoples. Zed Books.

  • Foundational text on how Eurocentric research has participated in colonization
  • "Research through imperial eyes" concept
  • Justification for Indigenous-led research paradigms

Kovach, M. (2009)

Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts. University of Toronto Press.

  • Indigenous research frameworks as distinct from qualitative/quantitative divide
  • Conversational method as research methodology
  • The importance of story as research method

Two-Eyed Seeing

Marshall, A. (2004)

Two-Eyed Seeing. Institute for Integrative Science and Health. http://www.integrativescience.ca

  • Elder Albert Marshall (Mi'kmaw) framework
  • "the ability to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western ways of knowing, and to use both eyes together for the benefit of all"

Indigenous AI and Technology

Lewis, J. E. (Ed.). (2020)

Indigenous protocol and artificial intelligence position paper. The Initiative for Indigenous Futures and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR).

  • Indigenous protocols for AI development
  • Relational approaches to artificial intelligence
  • Community sovereignty over AI systems

Yolgörmez, C., & Lewis, J. E. (2024)

Abundant intelligences: Reframing AI through Indigenous knowledge systems. Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Working Group.

  • "artificial intelligence has inherited conceptual and intellectual ideas from past formulations of intelligence that took on colonial pathways"
  • Abundance vs. scarcity mindset in AI
  • Relational intelligence frameworks

Supporting Indigenous Research Literature

Rigney, L. I. (1999)

Internationalization of an Indigenous anticolonial cultural critique of research methodologies. Wicazo Sa Review, 14(2), 109–121.

Martin, K. (2003)

Ways of knowing, being and doing: A theoretical framework and methods for Indigenous and Indigenist research. Journal of Australian Studies, 27(76), 203–214.

Graveline, F. J. (1998)

Circle works: Transforming Eurocentric consciousness. Fernwood Publishing.

Harris, H. (2002)

Coyote goes to school: The paradox of Indigenous higher education. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 26(2), 187–196.

  • Source of the Coyote story in Wilson Chapter 1

Atkinson, J. (2002)

Trauma trails, recreating song lines. Spinifex Press.

  • Dadirri concept (deep listening)

Western/Computational References

Dreyfus, H. L. (1972)

What computers can't do: A critique of artificial reason. Harper & Row.

  • Critique of disembodied AI / symbolic AI paradigm

Fritz, R. (1989)

The path of least resistance: Learning to become the creative force in your own life. Fawcett Columbine.

  • Structural tension / creative orientation framework
  • Oscillating vs. advancing patterns
  • Foundation for IAIP's creative orientation principle

Research Methods References (from Wilson)

  • Archibald, J., & Haig-Brown, C. (1996). Transforming First Nations research. IJQSE, 9(3), 245–267.
  • Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Handbook of qualitative research. Sage.
  • Tafoya, T. (1995). Finding harmony. Canadian Journal of Native Education, 21(Supp.), 7–27.
  • Wilson, S., & Wilson, P. (2000). Circles in the classroom. Canadian Social Studies, 32(2), 11–12.

To Be Added in Future Drafts

  • Battiste, M. (2002). Indigenous knowledge and pedagogy in First Nations education. — OISE/UT
  • Cajete, G. (2000). Native science: Natural laws of interdependence. — Clear Light Publishers

Added During Decolonization Ceremony (2026-03-09)

Tuck, E., & Yang, K. W. (2012)

Decolonization is not a metaphor. Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, 1(1).

  • KEY ARGUMENT: Decolonization specifically requires the repatriation of Indigenous land and life — it is not a synonym for social justice, diversity, or inclusion
  • Risk identified: Co-optation loop — Indigenous paradigms adopted institutionally lose their relational context and become tools of the system they resisted
  • Article connection: §8.3 kinship extraction self-correction; §10.3 what not to publish

Ermine, W. (2007)

The ethical space of engagement. Indigenous Law Journal, 6(1), 193–203.

  • KEY CONCEPT: "Ethical space" as the meeting ground between two thought-worlds, where engagement occurs across difference without collapse
  • Article connection: §4 Two-Eyed Seeing operationalized; ethical space is what IAIP's multi-agent architecture creates

Todd, Z. (2016)

An Indigenous feminist's take on the ontological turn: 'Ontology' is just another word for colonialism. Journal of Historical Sociology, 29(1), 4–22.

  • KEY WARNING: Western ontological turn risks appropriating Indigenous ontologies without attribution or accountability
  • Article connection: §8.3 Wilson's warning against inserting Indigenous into Western; Todd provides the feminist critique complement

Braidotti, R. (2013)

The Posthuman. Polity Press.

  • KEY FRAMEWORK: Agency beyond the human/non-human binary — relevant to IAIP's treatment of AI agents as relational participants
  • Article connection: §9.2 AI as research participant; §6.3 Ava's ceremonial witnessing

Star, S. L. (1999)

The ethnography of infrastructure. American Behavioral Scientist, 43(3), 377–391.

  • KEY INSIGHT: Infrastructure encodes the values and relationships of its creators — invisible to those it serves, visible to those it excludes
  • Article connection: §3 conventional software reproducing colonial structures; §7 extractive vs. relational AI

Kimmerer, R. W. (2013)

Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. Milkweed Editions.

  • KEY PRINCIPLE: Honorable Harvest — take only what is needed, never take first, always give thanks, return a gift
  • Article connection: §7.3 creative orientation as non-extractive practice; §10.3 mystery preservation

Wilson, S., & Wilson, P. (2000)

Circles in the classroom: An Indigenous approach to integrated curriculum. Canadian Social Studies, 32(2), 11–12.

  • Already listed above but now promoted: directly maps to multi-agent talking circle model (§6.2, §6.6)
  • Wilson's talking circles as research method → IAIP's multi-agent discourse architecture