"Learning requires exploration of one’s identity. Learning is embedded in memory, history and story."
"Love and respect each other…understand each other. Once you learn the other person, you know which direction you’re going to be going. And which direction they will be going. — Slá’hólt, Elder Ernest (Ernie) George, 2018
Situating oneself is about building and honouring relationships. "Following the Indigenous Protocol and research practice of numerous Indigenous scholars including Opaskwayak Cree scholar Shawn Wilson (2008, 97–125) and Nisga’a scholar Amy Parent (2018, 65), [it is appropriate to] start by locating or situating ourselves. This is an act of humility, acknowledging those people who have guided and shaped us, as well as the land that is a part of us. In doing this we recognise that our experience and perception can never be complete, but we are grateful to all our relations" (Chong & Edwards, 2021, p.107).
"Today, and with decolonizing the institution in mind, we refer to this process of self-identification as determining one’s “positionality” – in other words, explaining who you are and where you’re coming from as a way of “locating the self” in relation to the work you're doing (and also of acknowledging the potential limitations of your perspective)" (Shield n.d.).
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