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IJE Advance Access published online on June 24, 2004
International Journal of Epidemiology, doi:10.1093/ije/dyh250
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Accepted May 10, 2004

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Understanding health and illness: research at the interface between science and indigenous knowledge{dagger}

Mason Durie 1*

1 Te Putahi a Toi, School of Maori Studies, Massey University, New Zealand

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: m.h.durie{at}massey.ac.nz.


  Abstract

Indigenous knowledge cannot be verified by scientific criteria nor can science be adequately assessed according to the tenets of indigenous knowledge. Each is built on distinctive philosophies, methodologies, and criteria. While there is considerable debate around their relative merits, contests about the validities of the two systems tend to serve as distractions from explorations of the interface, and the subsequent opportunities for creating new knowledge that reflects the dual persuasions. Maori researchers in Aotearoa/New Zealand have been able to apply the methods and values of both systems in order to reach more comprehensive understandings of health and illness. Two case studies are used to demonstrate how the incorporation of indigenous beliefs into research protocols and measurements can enhance health research and understandings of health and illness.

{dagger} A Key Note Address, World Congress of Epidemiology, Montreal, 20 August 2002.


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