'Marking' the white terrain in indigenous health research: literature review

Journal of Advanced Nursing
Kristine Martin-McDonald, Alexandra McCarthy

Abstract

This paper is a report of a literature review of the concept of whiteness in relation to research partnerships with indigenous Australian healthcare professionals, participants and community members. As researchers, we were confronted with the visibility of our whiteness and the oppressive, discriminating history on our indigenous partners wrought by the colour of our skin. This personal discord began an intensely provocative, reflective journey accompanied by a search of the literature on 'whiteness'. The EBSCOhost, InfoTrac, Blackwell Synergy, ScienceDirect, SAGE Full-Text Collections and CINAHL databases were searched in 2004. The primary keywords were 'whiteness', 'white studies' and 'white privilege'. Secondary keywords: 'culture', 'race', 'racism', 'indigenous', 'indigenous communities', 'race relations' and 'colonialism'. No date restrictions were imposed, but most of the literature dated from the 1990s. Exposure to the literature on 'whiteness' and the experience of working with indigenous Australians challenged us to recognize and address the privilege and power historically and contemporaneously conferred on us as white women. Largely invisible to white people is the structural advantage conferred by the 'white' stand...Continue Reading

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