Knowledge translation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research contexts

Knowledge translation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research contexts

Knowledge translation aims to bridge the gap between knowledge and practice to affect change and improve outcomes for knowledge communities: the people, communities, and organisations impacted by research knowledge. For Indigenous peoples in Australia and internationally, knowledge translation activities are well established and have been practiced within and between communities for generations.

While the application of knowledge translation in research is becoming more common in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous research fields, there is a lack of knowledge translation methods and tools for researchers to use to effectively embed it in research. Knowledge translation methods and tools improve the underlying significance, value, and impact of research; and without these, research has limited ability to create change and improve knowledge community lives.

This thesis presents, for the first time, knowledge translation methods and tools that systematically apply knowledge translation throughout research. It draws on Indigenous methodologies and practices but is applicable across all research fields. The knowledge translation methods and tools presented in this thesis can be used to embed knowledge communities throughout the entire research process to lead to more meaningful research, better outcomes and improvements from research knowledge, and to change knowledge community lives for the better.

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Makayla-May Brinckley is a Wiradjuri woman from Cootamundra, NSW. Makayla is a PhD candidate and Research Associate in Yardhura Walani: the National Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing, with much of her work based within Mayi Kuwayu: the National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing. Makayla is passionate about holistic health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and taking a strengths-based and decolonial approach to health and wellbeing.

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