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Linda Tuhihwai Smith speaks of 'research', as one of the dirtiest words in the indigenous world's vocabulary which when mentioned in many indigenous contexts, stirs up silence, it conjures up bad memories, it raises a smile that is knowing and distrustful (1999:1).  Our relationship with research as (South) African people is that of violence because research has been used to silence and dehumanise us. It is incumbent on us for us re-engage the concept of research to liberate ourselves, re-right and rewrite our stories from our own perspectives. This module introduces students to research; the art of doing/conducting research, its politics and how to navigate the terrain in their journey towards writing a research paper.