Language and Culture in Australian Public Policy: Some Critical Reflections

Agradecemos los comentarios de Rojas-Botero et al.1 sobre el documento de nuestra autoría titulado "Critical reflections about the Municipal epidemiological resilience index used for public policy decision-making regarding the control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia"2. Reconocemos que la salud pública, entendida como la condición de bienestar de la comunidad, es a lo que deben estar dedicados todos nuestros esfuerzos como profesionales de la salud. En este sentido, la toma de decisiones en medio de una emergencia de gran magnitud, como la que enfrentamos en la actualidad a causa de la pandemia por COVID-19, requiere de un juicio ponderado y sereno que considere tanto el contexto general como las especificidades locales y que incluya la mejor evidencia científica disponible, es decir, aquella que no solo soporte las decisiones, sino que también privilegie los beneficios sobre los riesgos.

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My Language Autobiography and Critical Reflections

SFU Educational Review ◽

10.21810/sfuer.v7i.379 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 ◽

Author(s):

Christine Pan

Keyword(s):

Critical Role ◽

Language And Culture ◽

Personal Story ◽

Critical Reflections

Language has always played a critical role in my life. In fact, if I were to select one way to tell my personal story, it would be through the influence of language and culture on my life. If one were to break my life into several distinct stages so far, then language has played an important role in every stage.

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My Research Is My Story: A Methodological Framework of Inquiry Told Through Storytelling by a Doctor of Philosophy Student

Qualitative Inquiry ◽

10.1177/1077800420978759 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 107780042097875

Author(s):

Carmen Parter ◽

Shawn Wilson

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Research Methodology ◽

Knowledge Systems ◽

Indigenous Research ◽

Methodological Framework ◽

Indigenous Research Methodology ◽

Doctor Of Philosophy ◽

Ways Of Being ◽

Critical Reflections

This article uses an Indigenous Research Methodology known as Storywork. Following Indigenous protocols and pedagogy through the telling of stories, the reader and listener is introduced to an Indigenist paradigm and research standpoint. Through describing my standpoint, the stories demonstrate the centrality of my Indigeneity in my methodology while also confirming an Indigenizing framework of inquiry. The stories highlight decisions and actions of government that have dismantled cultures and knowledge systems but can also be applied to public policy to enable and embed culture. Critical reflections within the stories depict Indigenous ways of being, knowing, and doing in research.

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