Ch. 1. Situating knowledge systems -- ch. 2. Discovery and recovery: reading and conducting research responsibly -- ch. 3. Whose reality counts? Research methods in question -- ch. 4. Postcolonial indigenous research paradigms -- ch. 5. Theorizing on social science research methods: indigenous perspectives -- ch. 6. Culturally responsive indigenous research methodologies -- ch. 7. Decolonizing the interview method -- ch. 8. Participatory research methods -- ch. 9. Postcolonial indigenous feminist research methodologies -- ch. 10. Building partnerships and integrating knowledge systems.

Responding to increased emphasis in the classroom and the field on exposing students to diverse epistemologies, methods, and methodologies, Bagele Chilisa has written the first textbook that situates research in a larger, historical, cultural, and global context. With case studies from around the world, the book demonstrates the specific methodologies that are commensurate with the transformative paradigm of research and the historical and cultural traditions of third-world and indigenous peoples.