摘要：Psychology must overcome its tendency for “thinking locally and acting globally” (Gergen, Gulerce, Lock & Misra, 1999, p. 498). The movement towards indigenising the study of communities and indigenous psychology has arisen from the need to present an informed position on local reality (Sinha, 2002; Paranjpe, 2002). The plea for indigenous psychology was based on the perceived limitations of Western nomothetic approaches in other cultural locations. According to Misra and Dalal (2002), indigenisation simply means, “becoming situated or located in the context” (p. 44). This gives the researcher the flexibility to make appropriate decisions as and when necessary. It does not imply that all methods need to be replaced, but that each and every method, taxonomy and theory utilised to present the framework for interpretation, must be evaluated for its fairness and applicability. The first step in this evaluation should be orienting the researcher with reference to the local population under investigation.
