Biography and expertise
Biography
Dr Stuart Barlo is an Aboriginal man from the Yuin nation from the far south coast of New South Wales.
Stuart is an Adjunct Professor with Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples. Stuart was the Dean, and prior to that a lecturer with Gnibi College of Indigenous Peoples since 2013, teaching and writing courses. Prior to this, Stuart was a social worker working in remote Australia and in disability services before undertaking a Bachelor of Indigenous Studies and moving to academic work.
Stuart's work contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
Research
Stuart's PhD uses Indigenous Australians’ understanding of the concept of yarning and its underlying principles and protocols to develop an Indigenous research methodology. Stuart then used this method to understand and investigate the restoration of dignity for Aboriginal men. This process has prompted a dialogue on the theory surrounding the concept of the agency of Indigenous knowledge.
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Highlights - Output
Journal article
Yarning as protected space: principles and protocols
Published 01/06/2020
AlterNative : An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 16, 2, 90 - 98
Traditional methods of imparting knowledge are known as yarning to Australian Aboriginal Elders and talking circles to North American First Nations peoples. Yarning is a relational methodology for transferring Indigenous knowledge. This article describes an emerging research methodology with yarning at its core, which provides respect and honour in a culturally safe environment. Yarning is highly structured, with protocols and principles providing participants control over the process and their stories. The methodology is embedded in a yarning space, which is framed by six protocols and seven principles. The protocols are gift, control, freedom, space, inclusiveness and gender specificity, and the principles are reciprocity, responsibility, relationship, dignity, equality, integrity and self-determination—to protect participants, stories and data. This is ensured through respectful and honouring relationships, responsibility and accountability between participants. The key camps in which the yarning journey is segmented are the Ancestors, protocols, principles, connections, data, analysis, processing and reporting, and the wider community.