Aligning western and Indigenous ways of doing tourism research: A constructivist grounded theory approach

Extensive scientific research has been conducted on, for and/or with Indigenous peoples globally, across a wide variety of disciplines. Often, the results of these projects have delivered few apparent positive outcomes or benefits for the Indigenous populations concerned (Cochran et al., 2008; Dodson, 2000; Episkenew & Wheeler, 2002; Marshall & Kendall, 2005). Such examination of Indigenous peoples has been conducted by early explorers and anthropologists, medical practitioners, academics and even 'travellers and voyeurs', all of whom have tended to observe Indigenous communities and peoples 'from a distance' (Rigney, 1999: 109).