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synthesizing an indigenous knowledge tradition and visual ethnography
We come from small island societies where the oral transmission of family and communal knowledge from one generation to the next is prioritized over written culture. This case explores filmed talanoa, a methodology synthesizing talanoa, an Indigenous tradition of exchanging cultural wisdom through meaningful conversation and visual ethnography. Fritz, the second author, created a short documentary in the Sāmoan language for his practice-led thesis and Teena, the first author, supervised the research. Filmed talanoa involved the researcher conversing in Sāmoan with his aunt and uncle. Therefore, a customary practice of ta talanoa, or 'talking in', took effect. This meant the elders and Fritz were filmed talking among themselves and about themselves in their Indigenous language, rather than talking out to the camera and an imagined audience. Our case has two aims. First, to narrate the social reality of a creative researcher producing a documentary in their Indigenous language with kinfolk who are elders. Second, to explain why the prefilming preparation is an intricate and extensive process that can determine the quality of filmed talanoa.
SAGE Research methods: diversifying and decolonizing research