The call to decolonise research processes and knowledge produced through them has spawned a powerful shift in working relationships between community researchers and members of local communities. Adaptation of a traditional conversational space in a community-based participatory research study offers a context-specific example of a decolonising method for data collection and as pathways for change. This article reports on learnings encountered while adapting the space and highlights the relevance for other cultural contexts. We present principles to adapt traditional conversational spaces both for collecting data and as a means of working in partnership with indigenous communities to enable different ways of knowing and action.

对研究过程和通过它们产生的知识进行非殖民化的呼吁已经催生了社区研究人员和当地社区成员之间工作关系的强大转变。在以社区为基础的参与式研究中对传统对话空间的适应提供了一个针对数据收集的非殖民化方法和作为变革途径的特定背景示例。本文报告了在调整空间时遇到的学习情况，并强调了与其他文化背景的相关性。我们提出了调整传统对话空间的原则，既用于收集数据，又作为与土著社区合作的一种手段，以实现不同的认识和行动方式。