Community-Led Research

James Flexner is senior lecturer in historical archaeology and heritage at the University of Sydney. His interests include historical archaeology, landscape archaeology, the Oceanic region, and how to build a better world for human beings to live in.

• Introduction: walking many paths towards a community-led paradigm by Victoria Rawlings, James L Flexner and Lynette RileyExploring community-led research through an Aboriginal lens by Lynette Riley Way more than a town hall meeting: connecting with what people care about in community-led disaster planning by Dara Sampson, Meaghan Katrak, Margot Rawsthorne and Amanda Howard It’s right, wrong, easy and difficult: learning how to be thoughtful and inclusive of community in research by Samantha McMahon and Anthony McKnight The Killer Boomerang and other lessons learnt on the journey to undertaking community-led research by Emma Webster, Yvonne Hill, Allan Hall and Cecil See What is a researcher? Definitions, bureaucracy and ironies in the Australian context by Helena Robinson, James L Flexner and Imelda Miller Who steers the canoe? Community-led field archaeology in Vanuatu by James L Flexner Researcher or student? Knowing when not to know in community-led Indigenous research by Sheelagh Daniels-Mayes Trepidation, trust and time: working with Aboriginal communities by Julie Welsh and Cathie Burgess Pushing back on ‘risk’: co-designing research on self-harm and suicide with queer young people by Victoria Rawlings and Elizabeth McDermott About the contributorsIndex

'Community-led Research' collects an important, interdisciplinary range of contributions that each work towards addressing the stated aim of shifting the balance of academic power from researcher led studies to those which are conceived of, shaped and driven by research communities ... This is an important read for all researchers, including archaeologists, whether they routinely work with communities or not. It will challenge existing practice and encourage new ways of conducting research, one where the researcher no longer takes primacy.'