Indigenizing Research via Talanoa: Vā in Higher Education

This is the authors' abstract. We don't add key points for this paper.

In the tradition of approaches that call for decolonizing research, this study demonstrates how talanoa , an Indigenous research methodology, exceeds the scope of Collaborative Auto‐Ethnography (CAE) by embedding cultural authenticity, relationality, and reciprocity within the research process. By framing talanoa, the authors examined the sociocultural phenomenon and practice of “nurturing vā ”, as a core concept of Pacific Indigenous research. Hence, this study can help to inform academic research and advance scholarly knowledge beyond CAE's framework.