The Case Study as a Research Method. Uses and Users of Information -- LIS 391D.1 -- Spring 1997 Introduction Case study research excels at bringing us to an understanding of a complex issue or object and can extend experience or add strength to what is already known through previous research. Case studies emphasize detailed contextual analysis of a limited number of events or conditions and their relationships. Researchers have used the case study research method for many years across a variety of disciplines. Social scientists, in particular, have made wide use of this qualitative research method to examine contemporary real-life situations and provide the basis for the application of ideas and extension of methods.
Researcher Robert K. Critics of the case study method believe that the study of a small number of cases can offer no grounds for establishing reliability or generality of findings. Many well-known case study researchers such as Robert E. Determine and define the research questions Prepare to collect the data. About Farm To Table | Farm to Table. First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) Qwii-qwiq-sap: 'Standing Tree to Standing Home' | ecotrust canada. As a result of a visioning exercise in 2008 organized by Ecotrust Canada (download a copy of the 'Forestry Retreat Report' below), five Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations have agreed on one common need across Clayoquot Sound: improved housing. The Qwii-qwiq-sap (pronounced Quay-quick-sup in the Nuu-chah-nulth language and meaning ‘transformation’), ‘Standing Tree to Standing Home’ initiative is a direct response to that shared need.
Standing tree... to Standing home The Circle of Wealth The five participating Nations are trying to solve the riddle of how to create jobs, social wealth and environmental health from resources in their territories. Resources that historically have been harvested to benefit far-away interests first. As the Ahousaht people explain the circle of wealth concept, “Step One is thoughtfully designing our forest practice so we can grow what we need. Based on this principle, Qwii-qwiq-sap proposes a very different approach. Guiding principles Transformation in practice. Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism. WIPO/GRTKF/IC/10 Geneva, 30 November – 8 December 2006 Agenda Item 8: Traditional Cultural Expressions/Expressions of Folklore Re document: WIPO/GRTKF/IC/10/4 (Revised Draft Objectives and Principles on the Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions/Expressions of Folklore) Joint Statement of the Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism (IPCB), Call of the Earth/Llamado de la Tierra (COE), & International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) (4 December 2006) General Comments Our organizations are committed to the protection of the cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples.
To that end, we are particularly interested in the IGC’s work to [explore the development of] develop legal measures to prevent the misappropriation and misuse of Indigenous peoples’ cultural heritage and cultural property. We find it necessary to state that we find the separation of TCEs and TK rather artificial and contrary to the holistic nature of Indigenous peoples’ cultural heritage.