The Role of Trust, Respect, and Relationships in Maintaining Lived Experience and Indigenous Authority in Co-Designed Research with People Living with Disability

Sharon Kerr (), Roslyn Sackley, John Gilroy, Trevor Parmenter and Patricia O’Brien
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Sharon Kerr: Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Roslyn Sackley: Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
John Gilroy: Centre for Disability Research and Policy, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Trevor Parmenter: Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Patricia O’Brien: Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: Co-design of research can evolve organically when the questions to be asked have their roots deep1 in the soil of partnerships based on trust, respect, and a common vision for equity and inclusion. White Questions—Black Answers, a PhD thesis research project focusing on the inclusion of Indigenous students with disability in the Australian Higher Education Sector, demonstrates this premise. Founded on Indigenous Standpoint Theory, the methodology of this research foregrounds the central role of Indigenous people with lived experience of disability—in the study design, its implementation, and in the validation of the results. This paper shares the conceptual framework and relationship hierarchy for the research, ensuring that the authority of those with lived experience was maintained and central to all research activities. It showcases a way forward for other fields of co-designed research, delivering both academic rigour and leadership by those with lived experience.

Keywords: decolonisation; disability; Indigenous; Indigenous standpoint (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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