Cultural context is necessary for students to build connections and conduct responsible research on their Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), especially with regards to Indigenous communities, and this is not adequately provided in the current preparation phase of the IQP. To supplement existing resources, we created the Just IQP Research website for ethical partnership with Māori communities, using insights from our research including interviews with past IQP students, advisors, and scholars in New Zealand who have collaborated with the Indigenous Māori population. The website, wp.wpi.edu/justiqpresearch, focuses on 6 key concepts that emerged from our research: culture and history, language, reflection, discomfort, ethical listening, and accountability.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Rinaldi, Logan
• Hauman, Melissa
• Havel, Samantha

Subject

• Learning
• Culture
• Inclusion
• Project-Based Learning
• Well-Being
• Community

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030322-185153
• 49211

Keyword

• Ethics of IQP research
• Decolonizing research methodologies
• Māori
• Website design
• Indigenous communities
• Responsible and just research

Award

• President's IQP Award

Advisor

• Lessing, Shana
• Telliel, Yunus Dogan

Year

• 2022

Center

• Wellington, New Zealand Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Professor Shana Lessing (WPI)
• Professor Yunus Telliel (WPI

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 10 - Reducing Inequality
• 16 - Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

Date created

• 2022-03-03

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-11-30