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Papers by Nan Wehipeihana
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, 2008
Neue Kriminalpolitik, 2023
Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt erste forschungsbasierte Eindrücke des Organisationsentwicklun... more Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt erste forschungsbasierte Eindrücke des Organisationsentwicklungsprozesses in einer neuseeländischen Jugendanstalt, im Rahmen dessen eine die spezifischen Bedürfnisse der Maori berücksichtigende und eine auf gegenseitige Wertschätzung und anderen Prinzipien der Restorative Justice und Practice basierende Beziehungskultur entwickelt wurde.
The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, Sep 1, 2019
This paper builds on a keynote paper presented at the 2018 Canadian Evalu ation Society annual co... more This paper builds on a keynote paper presented at the 2018 Canadian Evalu ation Society annual conference by Nan Wehipeihana, an Indigenous (Māori) evaluator from Aotearoa New Zealand. Nan defines Indigenous evaluation as evaluation that is led by Indigenous peoples; has clear benefi ts for Indigenous peoples; has Indigenous people comprising most of the evaluation team; is responsive to tribal and community contexts; and is guided and underpinned by Indigenous principles, practices, and knowl edge. She argues for Indigenous led as a key criterion for Indigenous evaluation, with no assumed or automatic role for non-Indigenous peoples unless by invitation. She outlines a range of tactics to support the development of Indigenous evaluators and Indigenous evaluation and presents a model for non-Indigenous evaluators to assess their practice and explore how power is shared or not shared in evaluation with Indigenous peoples, as a necessary precursor to increasing control of evaluation by Indigenous peoples.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, Sep 1, 2008
How to Conduct Behavioural Research Over the Internet provides a step-by-step guide to creating w... more How to Conduct Behavioural Research Over the Internet provides a step-by-step guide to creating web-based surveys, as the basis for conducting behavioural research. A website <http:// www.web-research-design.net> developed in conjunction with the book, contains all the CGI/Perl and HTML fi les used in the book that can be downloaded from this site. The website is an excellent companion to use alongside the book and there is a brief online quiz for each chapter, as well as a discussion forum, frequently asked questions, links to other relevant sites and an overview of the book including a synopsis of individual chapters.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, Dec 1, 2002
Health Promotion International, Sep 8, 2019
This article presents the findings from the first 3 years of the evaluation of Healthy Families N... more This article presents the findings from the first 3 years of the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ, a systems-change intervention to prevent chronic diseases in 10 communities. The initiative, which builds on existing prevention activities, aims to strengthen the health prevention system through evidencedriven action to enable people to make good food choices, be physically active, smoke-free and free from alcohol-related harm. Key investment areas are a dedicated systems thinking and acting health promotion workforce, and activating leaders who can influence transformational change. The evaluation to date has found the initiative is being implemented with integrity. Evidence indicates a shift towards greater action on prevention, and the prevention system being strengthened. M aori ownership has been enabled, and prioritizing equity has led teams to utilize methods that amplify diverse local perspectives. There is progress on developing a flexible workforce through adaptive learning, flexible resources, professional development and a responsive National team. There is also progress in activating local leadership and empowering local teams. The initiative design has explicitly taken into account the context of complexity within which it is being implemented. It has evolved to focus on action that can accelerate sharing information and practices within communities, and between policy and decision-makers. Healthy Families NZ and its evaluation have been refunded to 2022. This provides an important opportunity to gather further insight into effective ways to strengthen the community agency and trust needed to promote and deliver evidence-based action on prevention.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, Mar 1, 2008
Indigenous evaluation Indigenous evaluation A strategic objective of the Australasian Evaluation ... more Indigenous evaluation Indigenous evaluation A strategic objective of the Australasian Evaluation Society I te taha ükaipo Ko Hikurangi te maunga Ko Waipu te awa Ko Ngäti Porou te iwi. Ko te Whänau a Apanui töku iwi hoki. I tërä atu taha, te taha o töku matua Ko Tararua te maunga Ko Ohau te awa Ko Ngäti Tukorehe te iwi Ko Ngäti Raukawa hoki. Nö reira, koutou katoa i tae mai i tënei huihuinga Tënä koutou tënä koutou, tënä koutou katoa. I fi rst acknowledge, the creator, the source of all things. Second, I acknowledge those who have gone before us. Third, I greet all of you here today. Importantly, I acknowledge the traditional people of this land, of this region and of this place. My tribal connections on my mother's side are to Ngäti Porou and Te Whänau a Apanui and on my father's side to Ngäti Tukorehe and Ngäti Raukawa. Once again, I acknowledge all those who are present here today.
Journal of Public Health, Sep 11, 2017
Background This article outlines the methods being used to evaluate a community-based public heal... more Background This article outlines the methods being used to evaluate a community-based public health intervention. This evaluation approach recognizes that not only is the intervention, Healthy Families NZ, complex, but the social systems within which it is being implemented are complex. Methods To address challenges related to complexity, we discuss three developing areas within evaluation theory and apply them to an evaluation case example. The example, Healthy Families NZ, aims to strengthen the prevention system in Aotearoa/New Zealand to prevent chronic disease in 10 different geographic areas. Central to the evaluation design is the comparative case method which recognizes that emergent outcomes are the result of 'configurations of causes'. 'Thick', mixed-data, case studies are developed, with each case considered a view of a complex system. Qualitative Comparative Analysis is the analytical approach used to systematically compare the cases over time. Conclusions This article describes an approach to evaluating a community-based public health intervention that considers the social systems in which the initiative is being implemented to be complex. The evaluation case example provides a unique opportunity to operationalize and test these methods, while extending their more frequent use within other fields to the field of public health.
Neue Kriminalpolitik
Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt erste forschungsbasierte Eindrücke des Organisationsentwicklun... more Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt erste forschungsbasierte Eindrücke des Organisationsentwicklungsprozesses in einer neuseeländischen Jugendanstalt, im Rahmen dessen eine die spezifischen Bedürfnisse der Maori berücksichtigende und eine auf gegenseitige Wertschätzung und anderen Prinzipien der Restorative Justice und Practice basierende Beziehungskultur entwickelt wurde.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, 2008
Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2019
This paper builds on a keynote paper presented at the 2018 Canadian Evaluation Society annual con... more This paper builds on a keynote paper presented at the 2018 Canadian Evaluation Society annual conference by Nan Wehipeihana, an Indigenous (Māori) evaluator from Aotearoa New Zealand. Nan defines Indigenous evaluation as evaluation that is led by Indigenous peoples; has clear benefi ts for Indigenous peoples; has Indigenous people comprising most of the evaluation team; is responsive to tribal and community contexts; and is guided and underpinned by Indigenous principles, practices, and knowledge. She argues for Indigenous led as a key criterion for Indigenous evaluation, with no assumed or automatic role for non-Indigenous peoples unless by invitation. She outlines a range of tactics to support the development of Indigenous evaluators and Indigenous evaluation and presents a model for non-Indigenous evaluators to assess their practice and explore how power is shared or not shared in evaluation with Indigenous peoples, as a necessary precursor to increasing control of evaluation by ...
Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 2002
The final conference plenary was designed as a review session to focus on what had been learnt at... more The final conference plenary was designed as a review session to focus on what had been learnt at the conference. Chaired by conference discussant Patricia Rogers, a panel drawn from six AES regions contributed their impressions of the conference and what they saw as the key issues over the three days. This panel session was followed by Patricia's closing address, which appears on pages 30-34.
Abstract: Why would you place valuing, culture, and cultural values at the centre of an evaluatio... more Abstract: Why would you place valuing, culture, and cultural values at the centre of an evaluation competencies framework? What would it look like if you did? This new set of evaluator compe-tencies from the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA) is distinct from other competency and credential-ing frameworks developed around the world. Why do we be-lieve this approach is key to promoting high quality, culturally sound, responsive, and ethical evaluation practice in Aotearoa New Zealand? This article outlines the process for develop-ing the competencies as well as the reasoning and powerful exchange of ideas underpinning their development and subse-quently infused in the competencies. Résumé: Pourquoi voudriez-vous placer la valorisation, la culture, et les valeurs culturelles au centre d’un cadre de compétences d’éva-luation? À quoi ressemblerait le résultat? Ce nouvel ensemble de compétences d ’ évaluateur établi par Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA)...
Why would you place valuing, culture, and cultural values at the centre of an evaluation competen... more Why would you place valuing, culture, and cultural values at the centre of an evaluation competencies framework? What would it look like if you did? This new set of evaluator competencies from the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA) is distinct from other competency and credentialing frameworks developed around the world. Why do we believe this approach is key to promoting high quality, culturally sound, responsive, and ethical evaluation practice in Aotearoa New Zealand? This article outlines the process for developing the competencies as well as the reasoning and powerful exchange of ideas underpinning their development and subsequently infused in the competencies. Pourquoi voudriez-vous placer la valorisation, la culture, et les valeurs culturelles au centre d’un cadre de competences d’evaluation? A quoi ressemblerait le resultat? Ce nouvel ensemble de competences d’ evaluateur etabli par Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA) se distingue d’autres ...
Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation, Jul 31, 2013
Background: The challenges of valuing in evaluation have been the subject of much debate; on what... more Background: The challenges of valuing in evaluation have been the subject of much debate; on what basis do we make judgments about performance, quality, and effectiveness? And according to whom? (Julnes, 2012b). There are many ways identified in the literature for carrying out assisted valuation (Julnes, 2012c). One way of assisting the valuation process is the use of evaluative rubrics. This practice-based article unpacks the learnings of a group of evaluators who have used evaluative rubrics to grapple with this challenge. Compared to their previous practice, evaluative rubrics have allowed them to surface and deal with values in a more transparent way. In their experience when evaluators and evaluation stakeholders get clearer about values, evaluative judgments become more credible and warrantable. Purpose: Share practical lessons learned from working with rubrics. Setting: Aotearoa (New Zealand). Intervention: Not applicable. Research Design: Not applicable. Data Collection and Analysis: Not applicable. Findings: They have found that while evaluative rubrics look beguilingly simple they are hard to do well. However, when done well, evaluative rubrics can substantially increase the use and credibility of evaluation.
Tënei au tënei au ko te hökai nei täku tapu wai Ko te hökai nuku ko te hökai rangi Ko te hökai a ... more Tënei au tënei au ko te hökai nei täku tapu wai Ko te hökai nuku ko te hökai rangi Ko te hökai a tö tätou tipuna a Täne-nui-ä-rangi I pikitia ai ki ngä Rangituhaha ki te tihi o Manöno I rokohanga atu ra ko Io matua kore anake I riro iho ai ki ngä kete o te wänanga. Ko te kete tuauri, ko te kete tuatea, ko te kete aronui Ka titiria ka poupoua Ko Papatuänuku ka puta te ira tangata Ki te whei ao ki te ao märama Tihei mauri ora! E ngä mana e ngä reo e ngä karangatanga maha. He maioha atu, ki a koutou katoa i awhi nei i a maua mo tënei rangahau. No reira tëna koutou tëna koutou tëna koutou katoa.
Report information Report Title Addressing the Challenges of Young Māori Women Who Smoke: A devel... more Report information Report Title Addressing the Challenges of Young Māori Women Who Smoke: A developmental evaluation of the phase two demonstration project. Evaluation report.
Background: This paper builds on the growing body of evaluation literature around the importance ... more Background: This paper builds on the growing body of evaluation literature around the importance of culture and cultural context in evaluation (e.g. Greene, 2005; Hood, Hopson and Frierson 2005; Hopson, 2009; Kirkhart, 1995 and 2005; La France, 2001). Purpose: The place of language, culture, cultural context, and leadership roles in evaluation is explored through consideration of the question, “What does it take to do evaluation in communities and cultural contexts other than our own?” Setting: Not applicable. Intervention: Not applicable. Research Design: Not applicable. Findings: Attention to the location of power and privilege in evaluation, and to community engagement and ‘sense-making’ processes are the conversational starting points to begin to explore what it takes to do evaluation in communities, where the language, culture, and cultural context are different from one’s own.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, 2008
Neue Kriminalpolitik, 2023
Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt erste forschungsbasierte Eindrücke des Organisationsentwicklun... more Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt erste forschungsbasierte Eindrücke des Organisationsentwicklungsprozesses in einer neuseeländischen Jugendanstalt, im Rahmen dessen eine die spezifischen Bedürfnisse der Maori berücksichtigende und eine auf gegenseitige Wertschätzung und anderen Prinzipien der Restorative Justice und Practice basierende Beziehungskultur entwickelt wurde.
The Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, Sep 1, 2019
This paper builds on a keynote paper presented at the 2018 Canadian Evalu ation Society annual co... more This paper builds on a keynote paper presented at the 2018 Canadian Evalu ation Society annual conference by Nan Wehipeihana, an Indigenous (Māori) evaluator from Aotearoa New Zealand. Nan defines Indigenous evaluation as evaluation that is led by Indigenous peoples; has clear benefi ts for Indigenous peoples; has Indigenous people comprising most of the evaluation team; is responsive to tribal and community contexts; and is guided and underpinned by Indigenous principles, practices, and knowl edge. She argues for Indigenous led as a key criterion for Indigenous evaluation, with no assumed or automatic role for non-Indigenous peoples unless by invitation. She outlines a range of tactics to support the development of Indigenous evaluators and Indigenous evaluation and presents a model for non-Indigenous evaluators to assess their practice and explore how power is shared or not shared in evaluation with Indigenous peoples, as a necessary precursor to increasing control of evaluation by Indigenous peoples.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, Sep 1, 2008
How to Conduct Behavioural Research Over the Internet provides a step-by-step guide to creating w... more How to Conduct Behavioural Research Over the Internet provides a step-by-step guide to creating web-based surveys, as the basis for conducting behavioural research. A website <http:// www.web-research-design.net> developed in conjunction with the book, contains all the CGI/Perl and HTML fi les used in the book that can be downloaded from this site. The website is an excellent companion to use alongside the book and there is a brief online quiz for each chapter, as well as a discussion forum, frequently asked questions, links to other relevant sites and an overview of the book including a synopsis of individual chapters.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, Dec 1, 2002
Health Promotion International, Sep 8, 2019
This article presents the findings from the first 3 years of the evaluation of Healthy Families N... more This article presents the findings from the first 3 years of the evaluation of Healthy Families NZ, a systems-change intervention to prevent chronic diseases in 10 communities. The initiative, which builds on existing prevention activities, aims to strengthen the health prevention system through evidencedriven action to enable people to make good food choices, be physically active, smoke-free and free from alcohol-related harm. Key investment areas are a dedicated systems thinking and acting health promotion workforce, and activating leaders who can influence transformational change. The evaluation to date has found the initiative is being implemented with integrity. Evidence indicates a shift towards greater action on prevention, and the prevention system being strengthened. M aori ownership has been enabled, and prioritizing equity has led teams to utilize methods that amplify diverse local perspectives. There is progress on developing a flexible workforce through adaptive learning, flexible resources, professional development and a responsive National team. There is also progress in activating local leadership and empowering local teams. The initiative design has explicitly taken into account the context of complexity within which it is being implemented. It has evolved to focus on action that can accelerate sharing information and practices within communities, and between policy and decision-makers. Healthy Families NZ and its evaluation have been refunded to 2022. This provides an important opportunity to gather further insight into effective ways to strengthen the community agency and trust needed to promote and deliver evidence-based action on prevention.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, Mar 1, 2008
Indigenous evaluation Indigenous evaluation A strategic objective of the Australasian Evaluation ... more Indigenous evaluation Indigenous evaluation A strategic objective of the Australasian Evaluation Society I te taha ükaipo Ko Hikurangi te maunga Ko Waipu te awa Ko Ngäti Porou te iwi. Ko te Whänau a Apanui töku iwi hoki. I tërä atu taha, te taha o töku matua Ko Tararua te maunga Ko Ohau te awa Ko Ngäti Tukorehe te iwi Ko Ngäti Raukawa hoki. Nö reira, koutou katoa i tae mai i tënei huihuinga Tënä koutou tënä koutou, tënä koutou katoa. I fi rst acknowledge, the creator, the source of all things. Second, I acknowledge those who have gone before us. Third, I greet all of you here today. Importantly, I acknowledge the traditional people of this land, of this region and of this place. My tribal connections on my mother's side are to Ngäti Porou and Te Whänau a Apanui and on my father's side to Ngäti Tukorehe and Ngäti Raukawa. Once again, I acknowledge all those who are present here today.
Journal of Public Health, Sep 11, 2017
Background This article outlines the methods being used to evaluate a community-based public heal... more Background This article outlines the methods being used to evaluate a community-based public health intervention. This evaluation approach recognizes that not only is the intervention, Healthy Families NZ, complex, but the social systems within which it is being implemented are complex. Methods To address challenges related to complexity, we discuss three developing areas within evaluation theory and apply them to an evaluation case example. The example, Healthy Families NZ, aims to strengthen the prevention system in Aotearoa/New Zealand to prevent chronic disease in 10 different geographic areas. Central to the evaluation design is the comparative case method which recognizes that emergent outcomes are the result of 'configurations of causes'. 'Thick', mixed-data, case studies are developed, with each case considered a view of a complex system. Qualitative Comparative Analysis is the analytical approach used to systematically compare the cases over time. Conclusions This article describes an approach to evaluating a community-based public health intervention that considers the social systems in which the initiative is being implemented to be complex. The evaluation case example provides a unique opportunity to operationalize and test these methods, while extending their more frequent use within other fields to the field of public health.
Neue Kriminalpolitik
Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt erste forschungsbasierte Eindrücke des Organisationsentwicklun... more Der vorliegende Beitrag beschreibt erste forschungsbasierte Eindrücke des Organisationsentwicklungsprozesses in einer neuseeländischen Jugendanstalt, im Rahmen dessen eine die spezifischen Bedürfnisse der Maori berücksichtigende und eine auf gegenseitige Wertschätzung und anderen Prinzipien der Restorative Justice und Practice basierende Beziehungskultur entwickelt wurde.
Evaluation of Journal of Australasia, 2008
Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 2019
This paper builds on a keynote paper presented at the 2018 Canadian Evaluation Society annual con... more This paper builds on a keynote paper presented at the 2018 Canadian Evaluation Society annual conference by Nan Wehipeihana, an Indigenous (Māori) evaluator from Aotearoa New Zealand. Nan defines Indigenous evaluation as evaluation that is led by Indigenous peoples; has clear benefi ts for Indigenous peoples; has Indigenous people comprising most of the evaluation team; is responsive to tribal and community contexts; and is guided and underpinned by Indigenous principles, practices, and knowledge. She argues for Indigenous led as a key criterion for Indigenous evaluation, with no assumed or automatic role for non-Indigenous peoples unless by invitation. She outlines a range of tactics to support the development of Indigenous evaluators and Indigenous evaluation and presents a model for non-Indigenous evaluators to assess their practice and explore how power is shared or not shared in evaluation with Indigenous peoples, as a necessary precursor to increasing control of evaluation by ...
Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 2002
The final conference plenary was designed as a review session to focus on what had been learnt at... more The final conference plenary was designed as a review session to focus on what had been learnt at the conference. Chaired by conference discussant Patricia Rogers, a panel drawn from six AES regions contributed their impressions of the conference and what they saw as the key issues over the three days. This panel session was followed by Patricia's closing address, which appears on pages 30-34.
Abstract: Why would you place valuing, culture, and cultural values at the centre of an evaluatio... more Abstract: Why would you place valuing, culture, and cultural values at the centre of an evaluation competencies framework? What would it look like if you did? This new set of evaluator compe-tencies from the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA) is distinct from other competency and credential-ing frameworks developed around the world. Why do we be-lieve this approach is key to promoting high quality, culturally sound, responsive, and ethical evaluation practice in Aotearoa New Zealand? This article outlines the process for develop-ing the competencies as well as the reasoning and powerful exchange of ideas underpinning their development and subse-quently infused in the competencies. Résumé: Pourquoi voudriez-vous placer la valorisation, la culture, et les valeurs culturelles au centre d’un cadre de compétences d’éva-luation? À quoi ressemblerait le résultat? Ce nouvel ensemble de compétences d ’ évaluateur établi par Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA)...
Why would you place valuing, culture, and cultural values at the centre of an evaluation competen... more Why would you place valuing, culture, and cultural values at the centre of an evaluation competencies framework? What would it look like if you did? This new set of evaluator competencies from the Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA) is distinct from other competency and credentialing frameworks developed around the world. Why do we believe this approach is key to promoting high quality, culturally sound, responsive, and ethical evaluation practice in Aotearoa New Zealand? This article outlines the process for developing the competencies as well as the reasoning and powerful exchange of ideas underpinning their development and subsequently infused in the competencies. Pourquoi voudriez-vous placer la valorisation, la culture, et les valeurs culturelles au centre d’un cadre de competences d’evaluation? A quoi ressemblerait le resultat? Ce nouvel ensemble de competences d’ evaluateur etabli par Aotearoa New Zealand Evaluation Association (ANZEA) se distingue d’autres ...
Journal of Multidisciplinary Evaluation, Jul 31, 2013
Background: The challenges of valuing in evaluation have been the subject of much debate; on what... more Background: The challenges of valuing in evaluation have been the subject of much debate; on what basis do we make judgments about performance, quality, and effectiveness? And according to whom? (Julnes, 2012b). There are many ways identified in the literature for carrying out assisted valuation (Julnes, 2012c). One way of assisting the valuation process is the use of evaluative rubrics. This practice-based article unpacks the learnings of a group of evaluators who have used evaluative rubrics to grapple with this challenge. Compared to their previous practice, evaluative rubrics have allowed them to surface and deal with values in a more transparent way. In their experience when evaluators and evaluation stakeholders get clearer about values, evaluative judgments become more credible and warrantable. Purpose: Share practical lessons learned from working with rubrics. Setting: Aotearoa (New Zealand). Intervention: Not applicable. Research Design: Not applicable. Data Collection and Analysis: Not applicable. Findings: They have found that while evaluative rubrics look beguilingly simple they are hard to do well. However, when done well, evaluative rubrics can substantially increase the use and credibility of evaluation.
Tënei au tënei au ko te hökai nei täku tapu wai Ko te hökai nuku ko te hökai rangi Ko te hökai a ... more Tënei au tënei au ko te hökai nei täku tapu wai Ko te hökai nuku ko te hökai rangi Ko te hökai a tö tätou tipuna a Täne-nui-ä-rangi I pikitia ai ki ngä Rangituhaha ki te tihi o Manöno I rokohanga atu ra ko Io matua kore anake I riro iho ai ki ngä kete o te wänanga. Ko te kete tuauri, ko te kete tuatea, ko te kete aronui Ka titiria ka poupoua Ko Papatuänuku ka puta te ira tangata Ki te whei ao ki te ao märama Tihei mauri ora! E ngä mana e ngä reo e ngä karangatanga maha. He maioha atu, ki a koutou katoa i awhi nei i a maua mo tënei rangahau. No reira tëna koutou tëna koutou tëna koutou katoa.
Report information Report Title Addressing the Challenges of Young Māori Women Who Smoke: A devel... more Report information Report Title Addressing the Challenges of Young Māori Women Who Smoke: A developmental evaluation of the phase two demonstration project. Evaluation report.
Background: This paper builds on the growing body of evaluation literature around the importance ... more Background: This paper builds on the growing body of evaluation literature around the importance of culture and cultural context in evaluation (e.g. Greene, 2005; Hood, Hopson and Frierson 2005; Hopson, 2009; Kirkhart, 1995 and 2005; La France, 2001). Purpose: The place of language, culture, cultural context, and leadership roles in evaluation is explored through consideration of the question, “What does it take to do evaluation in communities and cultural contexts other than our own?” Setting: Not applicable. Intervention: Not applicable. Research Design: Not applicable. Findings: Attention to the location of power and privilege in evaluation, and to community engagement and ‘sense-making’ processes are the conversational starting points to begin to explore what it takes to do evaluation in communities, where the language, culture, and cultural context are different from one’s own.
This panel presentation was presented at the 2018 CES Conference in Calgary, Canada. Developmenta... more This panel presentation was presented at the 2018 CES Conference in Calgary, Canada. Developmental evaluation continues to emerge as an evaluation practice designed to support innovation in complex and dynamic contexts where a program or service is being developed. Developmental evaluation’s essential principles – most notably co-creation – and its positioning of the evaluator challenge conventional evaluation paradigms and power relationships. However its principles do not explicitly include cultural responsiveness. Togni, McKegg and Wehipeihana explore their experience of developmental evaluation practice in New Zealand and Australian Indigenous contexts in relation to power relations and at the interface of different knowledge systems: how cultural responsiveness has been achieved through genuine co-creation, what this looks like in practice, and the dynamic role and orientation of the evaluator. They also explore how developmental evaluation grounded in culture can address power and privilege, facilitate collaboration in innovation and support Indigenous peoples’ aspirations.
This keynote paper was presented at the 2018 CES SCÉ NWT Evaluation Symposium, in the Chief Dryge... more This keynote paper was presented at the 2018 CES SCÉ
NWT Evaluation Symposium, in the Chief Drygeese Territory Yellowknife, Canada. Nan sets the context by profiling Māori, the Indigenous peoples of Aotearoa New Zealand and the Treaty of Waitangi signed by most Iwi (tribes) and the Crown. Nan argues that evaluation is not new to Māori and Indigenous peoples and that evaluation is part of the cultural DNA of Indigenous peoples and encourages and advocates for Indigenous principles, values and practices as the source of ‘valuing’ in evaluation. Nan provides some examples of culturally grounded frameworks from Aotearoa New Zealand and further encourages the use of Indigenous methods and provides some examples of Indigenous methods and some contemporary research methods adapted for use in Indigenous contexts. She concludes by noting that non-Indigenous peoples will need to be allies in support of Indigenous methods and ways of working.
This keynote paper was presented at the 2018 Canadian Evaluation Society annual conference by Nan... more This keynote paper was presented at the 2018 Canadian Evaluation Society annual conference by Nan Wehipeihana, an independent Indigenous evaluator from Aotearoa New Zealand. Nan defines Indigenous evaluation as evaluation that is led by Indigenous peoples; evaluation that benefits Indigenous peoples and where Indigenous approaches and ways of working are the norm. She posits that there should be no assumed or automatic role for non-Indigenous peoples in Indigenous evaluation; and if there is to be participation by non-Indigenous evaluators this should be by invitation only. Given the acknowledged small numbers of Indigenous evaluators in Canada, Nan puts forwards a set of tactics to increase the number of Indigenous evaluators and to promote Indigenous evaluation. She then presents a framework for assessing evaluator progress towards Indigenous cultural competency in support of Indigenous-led evaluation.