Categorization is Political: Using Grounded Theory in the Creation of Controlled Vocabularies

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Categorization is Political
Author
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Summary

By classifying and categorizing Arctic observations in accordance with knowledge systems of the people whose land the observation was taken on, Indigenous-led theories will be given their proper place in the role of Arctic observation. As a start, grounded theory informed by constructivism can begin to establish a preliminary classifications structure from pre-existing data. These preliminary re-classifications may align with Indigenous language & linguistic structure and categorization.

Year
2022