Project Report - La Trobe University
Project Report - La Trobe University
Project Report - La Trobe University
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At the forefront of our mind was our wish to<br />
respect the community itself, and to honor the<br />
invitation to be in Chananaw in the first place – we<br />
wanted to do what we’d been invited to do,<br />
without bowing to external pressures or<br />
expectations. We also tried our best to be as open<br />
and transparent as possible about our intentions<br />
and our activities with the community. This<br />
included explaining our project during our first<br />
week in Chananaw at a large community meeting,<br />
and also having a community-wide project<br />
presentation in our final week, where we explained<br />
exactly what we had done in the five months and<br />
presented the Dananao Elementary School with the<br />
educational materials we had made.<br />
Maria listens to an elder, Peter Bakidan, reflect on<br />
some of his life experiences, in the front yard of our<br />
host family’s home. All data collection took place in<br />
informal settings like this.<br />
Indigenizing Education in a Kalinga Public School | 11<br />
Agom (Arlene) Dawing looks over her two youngest<br />
children Akunay (Greziel Dee) Dawing and Karen (Irish<br />
Grace) Dawing while Apalis (Ombin) Abaggoy sits<br />
nearby reading through a draft of Annaja Ukali Ta-u,<br />
the book written by tribal elder Fargwog (Daniel) Aga -<br />
id.