1. Decolonizing evaluation: when the master’s tools are used to dismantle the master’s house Rodney Hopson, Duquesne University ANZEA Conference 2013 Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand 22 July, 2013

2. Vote of Thanks and… anzea Conference Planning Committee Jackie Bourne, conference manager April Bennett & Fiona Cram, liaisons to travel, keynote, etc.. Kate McKegg, Kataraina Pipi (and her girls), Jane Davidson, Nan Wehipeihana, Kirimatao, et.al on welcoming committee

3. Nga mihi mahana

4. Curry School of Education bridge at UVa between education(al evaluation) & arts/sciences Evaluation lineage (Bob Covert) 4 Apples don’t fall far…

5. Linking (trans)disciplines: evaluation, sociolinguistics, anthropology Rethinking official knowledge + Reinventing anthropology/evaluation + Reconstructing ethnography + ___________________________________ = Rethinking, reinventing, reconstructing schooling and education

6. Master’s Tools and Master’s House What does it mean when the tools of a racist patriarchy are used to examine the fruits of that same patriarchy? It means that only the most narrow perimeters of change are possible and allowable. (Lorde, 1984/1979)

7. Evaluation as colonizing Distant criteria for determining merit, worth – Primarily donor-oriented, donor-designed systems of merit, worth, and learning (Carden, 2007) Programs defined by external, linear logic Evaluation questions imposed – Questions illustrate an exogenous agenda Methods imported and forced upon communities Interpretations silence local voices Bolsters dominant power structures and relationships between and within groups

9. Beyond tools…

10. Results Lead To Positive Cultural & Sociopolitical Outcomes For The Group Over Time Community Analysis School Analysis Classroom Analysis Program Analysis CIVIC CAPACITY SOCIAL CAPITAL SUMMARY CRE TEAM SELECTION & PREPARATION Funding Technology Materials Physical Environment Stakeholder Groups Frame Right Questions w/ Stakeholder Input Gain Stakeholder Buy In Design CRE Agreement on Evidence? Select &/Or Adapt Instruments Collect Data Mixed Methods) Culturally Trained Data Collectors Analyze Data (Disaggregate) CRE Panel Review Of Findings YES NO District Analysis Produce Report and Presentation CULTURAL INFLUENCES SOCIOPOLITICAL INFLUENCES *CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS W/ CULTURAL/SOCIOPOLITICAL EMPHASIS *Cultural/Sociopolitical factors are emphasized throughout the evaluation Product Widely Distributed & Results Explained To All Stakeholders Results Useful For All Stakeholders SANKOFA MODEL ©2010 P. Frazier-Anderson, S. Hood. & R. Hopson. All Rights Reserved. Whose assumptions drive our tools?

11. Who forms the work? Who sets the agenda?

12. Who informs our work?

13. Entrance to Africville UAA 2013 - San Francisco, CA

14. Africville Relocation UAA2013 - San Francisco, CA

15. Africville news UAA 2013 - San Francisco, CA

16. Africville during relocation UAA 2013 - San Francisco, CA

17. Relevance Africville

18. Relationships africville Department of Public Welfare Africville Dalhousie University Halifax Nova Scotia Canada & Beyond City and Municipal Government More government

19. Relevance Africville

20. “The historical description and evaluation of the Africville relocation had, therefore, to be planned and executed at standards of comprehensiveness, thoroughness, and competence…” -Clairmont & Magill, 1971 Responsibilities Africville

21. UAA 2013 - San Francisco, CA Action on Africville

22. UAA 2013 - San Francisco, CA Responsibilities Africville

23. UAA 2013 - San Francisco, CA Africville 2012

24. UAA 2013 - San Francisco, CA Africville 2012

25. UAA 2013 - San Francisco, CA Africville 2012

26. Decolonizing Evaluation Relevance Locating within cultural specificities, preferences, practices Choosing methods appropriate to context Relationships Grounding evaluation questions in local concerns, understandings Interpreting within experience Responsibilities Recognizing local epistemology and conditions Strengthening community, enabling nations, researchers and evaluators, esp. at indigenous, native, and local levels

27. “By decolonizing evaluation methodologies, we aim to recenter ourselves within our own lands. From here we challenge the viewpoints of those outside of our communities who see us as less than a ‘norm’ that is based within their worldview rather than within ours…Our very survival relies on the acknowledgement, at the very least of our own peoples, that our worldview, culture, and way of being are valid. When this acknowledgement comes within the context of evaluation, we increase the chances that the evaluation methods employed will be decolonized.” (Kawakami, et.al, 2008) Decolonizing evaluation notions: A reference to methodologies

28. Decolonizing evaluation: when the master’s tools are used to dismantle the master’s house Rodney Hopson, Duquesne University ANZEA Conference 2013 Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand 22 July, 2013