Telling stories: Exploring research storytelling as a meaningful approach to knowledge mobilization with Indigenous research collaborators and diverse audiences in community-based participatory research

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-242

  Christensen, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

community based participatory research; creative writing; homelessness; Indigenous communities; narrative; Northwest Territories; storytelling

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; HOMELESSNESS; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LOCAL PARTICIPATION;

CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 84861806241     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: 15410064     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2012.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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