Etuaptmumk (Two Eyed Seeing) - PODCAST
In honor of The (2024) National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Witness is pleased to release a PODCAST featuring two of the authors of our recent article Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) and Ethical Space: Ways to Disrupt Health Researchers' Colonial Attraction to a Singular Biomedical Worldview found here. We are thrilled and grateful for Moneca Sinclaire and Annette Schulz for putting this podcast together in an act of kind generosity. Thank you also to co-authors Janice Linton and Elizabeth McGibbon. Indeed, this oral reflection is a gift to all of us and we hope you'll allow the lessons and messages to float into your consciousness for material consideration. The link to the podcast is below.
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Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) article begins with acknowledgement of Indigenous research existence on Turtle Island for millennia, where knowledge(s) to work with the land and its inhabitants are available for next generations. Currently, within health research these knowledge systems are often silenced, as biomedical ways are privileged and viewed as valid. When Indigenous knowledge is solicited, the knowledge system is predominantly an ‘add-on’ or is assimilated into biomedical (Western) understandings. Rooted in Indigenous teachings and knowledges, Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing) and Ethical Space, approach research with the aim of disrupting the attraction to a singular worldview, thereby, disrupting the dominance of biomedical knowledge. Knowledge rooted in diverse knowledge systems is required to challenge colonial relations in health research and practice. Come listen to the podcast, where two of the co-authors, Dr. Moneca Sinclaire and Dr. Annette Schultz share their conversation about the article, central ideas, along with mention of two exemplary research projects: mite achimowin - heart talks and Pac Ow Tay. A synergy between Etuaptmumk and Ethical Space can support working with both Indigenous and biomedical knowledge systems in health research and enhance reconciliation.
Witness and the authors are grateful to Osani Balkaran, a Canadian musician and producer, who recorded and produced this Witness podcast.
