Tools & Resources

This curated selection highlights BIPOC perspectives, methodologies, and knowledge, fostering a deeper understanding of justice and equity in research.

Liberatory research syllabi

The Liberatory Research Syllabus is a free resource promoting just and equitable research practices. The introduction, Chapter 1 on Black feminist theory, and Chapter 2 on research justice are now available. Sign up here for email updates on future chapters.

Download PDF versions of the Liberatory Research Syllabus using the links below.

Download Syllabus Introduction

Download Ch. 1 Black Feminist Theory

Download Ch. 2 Research Justice

READING LIST

Decolonizing Knowing & Research Methods

  • Indigenous and Decolonizing Studies in Education.

    Eve Tuck, K. Wayne Yang, Linda Tuhiwai Smith

  • Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples.

    Linda Tuhiwai Smith

  • Black Feminist Thought.

    Patricia Hill Collins

  • Indigenous Methodologies: Characteristics, Conversations, and Contexts.

    Margaret Elizabeth Kovach

  • Indigenous Research Methodologies.

    Bagele Chilisa

  • Indigenous Pathways into Social Research: Voices of a New Generation.

    Bagele Chilisa

  • Research as Resistance: Revisiting Critical, Indigenous, and Anti-Oppressive Approaches.

    Leslie Brown

  • Look to the Mountain: An Ecology of Indigenous Education

    Gregory Cajete

  • Southern Theory: The Global Dynamics of Knowledge in Social Science.

    Raewyn Connell

  • Red Pedagogy: Native American Social and Political Thought.

    Sandy Grande

  • Research is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods.

    Shawn Wilson

  • Youth Resistance Research and Theories of Change.

    Eve Tuck

  • Black Women in the Field: Experiences Understanding Ourselves and Others through Qualitative Research.

    Gretchen Givens Generett, Rhonda Baynes Jeffries

  • Recovering Black Storytelling in Qualitative Research: Endarkened Storywork

    S.R. Toliver 

Reports & Models

From The Research Justice Institute (RJI) and the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC)

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Toolkit from Power Shift

Popular Education toolkit on Resource Justice for organizations

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Resources specific to Racial Equity

Essential resources for individuals & organizations

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Syllabi/Zines/Resources via POC

Readings about the impacts of racism, marginalization, and white supremacy

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