Indigenous community grounded research. Perspectives from Atikamekw Youth (Manawan, Nitaskinan, Lanaudière, Québec, Canada).

In this session, we will discuss the history, the structure and the impacts of the Matakan project, a participative research project designed for promoting and passing down atikamekw knowledge to young people of the Atikamekw community of Manawan (Lanaudière, Québec). We will address issues related to the decolonization of research and knowledge, and show how this project is also part of the Atikamekw strategies and priorities related to education and youth

Knowledge plurality for greater university-community permeability:Experiences in art and design from fieldwork

By relating the authors’ experiences in the field with institutions and within indigenous communities, this chapter argues that knowledge plurality is required for greater university-community permeability, reciprocity and transformation, and that design can be a space to do so. When addressing the research obstacles, the authors are trying to highlight how collaboration can be a relationship with different levels and how addressing those obstacles within the university only makes the process of community empowerment easier.By relating the authors’ experiences in the field with institutions and within indigenouscommunities, this chapter argues that knowledge plurality is required forgreater university-community permeability, reciprocity and transformation, andthat design can be a space to do so. When addressing the research obstacles,the authors are trying to highlight how collaboration can be a relationshipwith different levels and how addressing those obstacles within the universityonly makes the process of community empowerment easier