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A researcher is the most crucial constituent in any research and re-search under Communities of Practice, specifically for research domain concerning the social aspect of human existence. This chapter presents a collaborative auto-ethnography of researchers’ preparation for undertaking indigenous fundamental research. The chapter has three major sections ‘why researcher preparation?’ followed by ‘how it was achieved (process of researcher preparation)’ and finally describes ‘the way ahead’. The researchers had a common interest and common philosophical orientation, so the researcher preparation activities were conducted in a ‘community’ formed by the researchers. This community involved the authors who ‘interacted’ and ‘experienced’ the indigenous phenomenon. The account could help other researcher(s) in forming a community with varied areas of interest, but with similar philosophical approach.
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Bindlish, P., Joshi, A., Dutt, P., Verma, P., Arora, S. (2017). Researcher Preparation for Indigenous Fundamental Research Through Collaborative Participation. In: McDonald, J., Cater-Steel, A. (eds) Implementing Communities of Practice in Higher Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2866-3_6
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