Affordances of longitudinal and latitudinal case studies in Indigenous STEAM (ISTEAM) education

Nikki Barry and Megan Bang

Chapter 32 in Research Handbook on the Anthropology of Education, 2026, pp 334-345 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In the design and implementation of learning environments, what opportunities for the production of knowledge do longitudinal and latitudinal (across time and place) data sets afford? How might this benefit teachers and learners? We explore answers to these questions through a case study in the context of an Indigenous STEAM-focused outdoor program for Indigenous youth and families that spans nine years of programming across geographic locations more than two thousand miles apart. There are few studies of learning that utilize a longitudinal and latitudinal data set, and fewer still that do this from an Indigenous knowledge systems lens. This chapter animates the potential of longitudinal and latitudinal case studies to cultivate youth relationships with the rest of the natural world and each other in ways that deeply matter for these young people, and perhaps matter for the world, as we grapple with current environmental problems.

Keywords: Qualitative methods; Longitudinal research; Latitudinal research; STEAM education; Indigenous education; Storying (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035332908
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