Blog Post 3: Research Gap
For my project, there was a research gap that included the lack of ethical advocacy of Alaskan Natives on a company level. Reflecting back on advocacy seen in real life in corporations, there is an emphasis on the LGBTQ+ community, Black History Month, and Climate Change, but when does that cross the line of exploitation for a profit gain? During my research that utilized the technical communication journals, there was limited amount of information about ethical advocacy for Indigenous populations, let alone the more specific focus on the Alaskan Native population. What I did find were various accounts on how to conduct research on Indigenous communities and current feelings on past research encounters. That paired with how companies portray their advocacies, led me down the path to the crater of missing information, and a solution that could potentially help guide companies or individuals on how to ethically advocate in partnership to Alaskan Natives on a business level. To recap...