scholarly journals Pig Girl: An Indigenous Woman’s Perspective Through “Scriptive Things”

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
Lyn Trudeau
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Sensitive ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Prior Beliefs ◽  
Indigenous Representation ◽  
Theatrical Play ◽  
Stage Play ◽  
Aesthetic Intervention

Indigenous representation in various genres has always been questionable in regards to who has a voice, and content that is culturally sensitive and appropriate. This paper critically examines the controversial theatrical play Pig Girl (Murphy, 2013) through the lens of Robin Bernstein’s (2011) “scriptive things” theory. Although Pig Girl sought to give voice to Canada’s missing and murdered Indigenous women, it instead was sharply criticized by Indigenous community members. This paper explores historical ideologies corresponding to the dehumanization of and violence perpetrated against Indigenous women based on the imagery provided by those who created and promoted the Pig Girl stage play. The paper discusses how such imagery can re-inscribe prior beliefs and be interpreted with “things” depicted within the playʼs narrative. The paper also addresses the function of interpellation and imagery, aesthetic intervention, and resulting associations

scholarly journals Recommended methodologies to determine Australian Indigenous community members' perceptions of their health needs: a literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosetta Lillian Smith ◽  
Sue Devine ◽  
Robyn Preston
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Health Needs ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Research Methodologies

When addressing disparities in health status of Indigenous Australians, it is necessary to consult with Indigenous people to explore their health needs. The process of improving health outcomes is complex; it requires acknowledgement of underlying cultural and social determinants of health and active engagement of Indigenous people to define the issues and identify solutions. The aim of this study is to explore the most appropriate research methodologies to determine Australian Indigenous community members’ perceptions of their health needs. A scoping review was conducted in BioMed Central, CINAHL, Informit Health, MEDLINE Ovid, ProQuest and Scopus databases and Google Scholar for all relevant literature published between 2009 and 2018. Extensive manual searches of reference lists were also undertaken. The limited number of articles relating to needs assessment with Indigenous community members prescribed broadening the scope of the review to include articles that describe methodologies to enhance Indigenous people’s engagement in the research process. Twelve papers met the inclusion criteria. Three major themes emerged: (1) the imperative to develop and implement Indigenist research methodologies; (2) participatory action research (PAR) and community-based participatory research (CBPR) as appropriate methodologies to conduct research with Indigenous community members; and (3) yarning or storytelling as a culturally appropriate Indigenous method of data collection.

Surveying the Lands of Republican Indígenas: Contentious Nineteenth-Century Efforts to Abolish Indigenous Resguardos near Bogotá, Colombia

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 771-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lina del Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Governance ◽  
New Granada ◽  
National Capital ◽  
Communal Lands ◽  
Early Republican ◽  
Political Spectrum

AbstractNineteenth-century republicans across the political spectrum agreed: the Spanish monarchy produced ‘miserable Indians’. Abolishing tribute and privatising communal lands, known as resguardos in New Granada (roughly today's Panama and Colombia), would transform that wretched class into equal citizens. Drawing on late eighteenth-century privatisation efforts by the Spanish Crown, early republican leaders in Gran Colombia inaugurated an era seeking equal access to wealth from communal land for all indigenous community members. After Gran Colombia (the first Colombian Republic, 1819–30) dissolved into New Granada, Ecuador and Venezuela in 1830, New Granada's experiments with indigenous resguardo policies went further. By then, legislative efforts considered the needs of all resguardo members, including unmarried mothers and their illegitimate children. Complex laws, diverse ecological terrain and nuanced social realities required well-trained surveyors to ensure each eligible indigenous family received a fair share of land. Whereas indigenous communities in Pasto, Santa Marta and the Cauca river valley resorted to armed insurrection against liberal policies through the War of the Supremes (1839–42), those in the highlands near Bogotá did not. Instead, these republican indígenas – with their greater access to the levers of power housed in the national capital – chose to engage in the reforms of a decentralising state. This article reveals how contentious experiments seeking republican equality within indigenous resguardos as a path towards abolishing the institution were consistently stymied by efforts to ensure that indigenous community governance and communal landholding remained intact.

scholarly journals Understanding Socio-Ecological Vulnerability to Climatic Change through a Trajectories of Change Approach: A Case Study from an Indigenous Community in Panama

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-593 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avital Li ◽  
James Ford
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climatic Change ◽  
Community Organization ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Trajectories Of Change ◽  
Demographic Shifts ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
Community Workshops

Abstract This paper identifies and characterizes vulnerability to climatic change in the Ngöbe-Buglé Indigenous community of Playitas, Panama, using a “trajectories of change” approach. Playitas is a community composed of swidden forest farmers that is undergoing rapid rates of change as a result of demographic shifts, regional development, and climate change. Working in collaboration with a community organization, various methods were used to identify and characterize livelihoods, social-ecological dynamics, environmental change, and behavioral responses to change, with the aim of informing future planning in the community. Qualitative methods included semistructured interviews (n = 26), community workshops, and participant observation. Causal-loop diagrams based on field data and the perceptions of community members were created to model trajectories of change. The research reveals that change is driven by both internal and external factors and that the responses of community members create both reinforcing and balancing feedback loops that overall generate increased stress in agricultural systems, social structures, and environmental components. Although community members historically relied on social relationships, Indigenous knowledge, and remoteness as sources of resilience to external disturbances, climate change is acting as a “multiplier” of their existing vulnerabilities and is undermining their capacity to adapt to current and future climatic changes.

Craftivism!: The Possibilities and Problems of Craft as a Mode of Feminist Community Building and Social Action

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaleigh Alkenbrack
Keyword(s):  
Social Action ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Community Building ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Third Wave ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Feminist Community ◽  
Do It Yourself ◽  
Using Data

Craftivism! is a knitting collective that creates baby blankets to be given to mothers through the Healthy Aboriginal Babies Program run by the Katarokwi Native Friendship Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The group of students and community members come together to knit blankets with the aim of addressing and creating awareness about the material differences that Indigenous women experience. Craftivism! is a product of the do‐it‐yourself (DIY) ethic, a form of third‐wave feminism in which crafting is used to honour women’s history and work and to create feminist communities. While knitting has been embraced by third‐wave feminists, knitting is a luxury that many cannot afford. Although the DIY ethic provides women with a sense of self‐reliance and personal satisfaction, it is also self‐indulgent. Thus, Craftivism! aims to celebrate the domestic arts in a mindful way by acknowledging and acting on the material differences that Indigenous women experience. To account for material inequalities without victimizing Indigenous women further, blankets are produced in partnership with women participating in the prenatal program. While Craftivism! promotes purposeful knitting in the spirit of the feminist goals of empowerment, social justice and community building, the project also serves as space to think about the effectiveness of reclaiming craft. Using data from the Craftivism! project, this paper will consider whether or not the valuing of craft is a feminist act, if knitting reinforces stereotypes of femininity, if knitting is an apolitical form of consumerism, and when it is possible for certain groups to engage in knitting as a political activity.

Indigenous community members’ views about water quality in Lake Atitlán, Guatemala

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Brien K. Ashdown ◽  
Meghan E. Brown ◽  
Mengqi Liu ◽  
Hannah Nichols ◽  
Isabel Urquiza
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Lake Atitlan

The Role of Elders in the Wellbeing of a Contemporary Australian Indigenous Community

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Busija ◽  
Renata Cinelli ◽  
Maree R Toombs ◽  
Caitlin Easton ◽  
Ron Hampton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Groups ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Community Relations ◽  
Sorting Task ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Community Forum

Abstract Background and Objectives Traditional Elders are integral to the social structure of Australian Indigenous communities. Due to progressive loss of traditional way of life, however, the role of Elders has been eroding. This study aims to develop a conceptual model of the role of Elders in an Australian Indigenous community, with the goal of attaining strategies to strengthen the role of Elders. Research Design and Methods The study, conducted in a regional Indigenous community in Australia, adopted a community-based participatory approach. Design and focus of the project were informed by a community forum (Yarning Circle). One-on-one semistructured interviews and focus groups with community members were conducted by Indigenous researchers. Group concept mapping (GCM) was applied to elicit major themes in qualitative data, from the point of view of community members, and to derive a conceptual model of the role of Elders. Results Fifty members of the Indigenous community took part in interviews and focus groups. The participants’ median age was 45 years (range 18–76 years); 31 (62%) were female. An additional 24 Indigenous community members took part in the data sorting task of GCM. GCM identified seven major aspects of the role of Elders, including Community relations, Passing down the knowledge, Dealing with racism and oppression, Building a better resourced community, Intergenerational connectedness, Safeguarding our identity, and Caring for our youth. Discussion and Implications Elders fulfill many important roles in contemporary Indigenous communities. Our results can be used to assist the community to codesign a program to increase community wellbeing.

scholarly journals Indigenous Women from the Sixties Scoop Healing Through the Full Moon Ceremony and Storytelling at Winona's Place.

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janani Kodeeswaran ◽  
Maggie Campaigne ◽  
Anita C Benoit
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Full Moon ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Indigenous Healing ◽  
Community Based Research ◽  
Healing Environment ◽  
The Sixties

The Sixties Scoop refers to the policies and practices in Canada from the 1950s to 1980s of forcibly removing Indigenous children from their birth families and communities. Cultural disconnection, loss of identity, and lower social connectedness were outcomes for Sixties Scoop survivors. My project focused on establishing a healing environment at the YWCA Toronto Winona’s Place for Indigenous women who were Sixties Scoop survivors and interested in learning more about the Sixties Scoop. Community-Based Research principles were followed and included working with Indigenous community members. Our project consisted of 8 weekly two-hour healing circles culminating in a Full Moon Ceremony. Through feedback forms and two-hour focus groups, data was collected on the project’s strengths, areas for improvement, and information on resources needed by the women to create a healing environment. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The healing circles and Full Moon Ceremony allowed the women to engage with a Knowledge Carrier and Winona community members, learn about Indigenous teachings and cultures, and work through painful experiences with community members. Although many of the women experienced hardships and trauma, they remained interested in healing and reconnecting to Indigenous cultures. The women shared what they had learned through teachings, how the sessions positively impacted their well-being, how they would apply cultural knowledge into their healing journeys, and offered recommendations on how Winona’s Place could better support them. We demonstrated the significance of Indigenous healing approaches for improving health and well-being among our participants, who have experienced trauma. Cultural connection to Indigeineity is rarely considered, or offered, in mainstream health services. Indigenous healing models and perspectives are important in creating and implementing Indigenous-specific health services and promotion programs. My project hopes to emphasize the importance of decolonizing public health systems and addressing the Calls to Action related to health.

“Listening to Whom and for Whose Benefit?”

2019 ◽  
pp. 155-176
Author(s):  
George Nicholas
Keyword(s):  
Participatory Research ◽  
Community Based Participatory Research ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Archaeological Record ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Heritage Preservation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Intangible Heritage

The values that descendant communities place on heritage objects and places have historically been eclipsed by science-oriented approaches to the archaeological record. However, local knowledge is vital to making decisions about the protection or use of tangible or intangible heritage, and knowledge derived from it. Learning to listen must thus be a part of the archaeologist’s tool kit. In this chapter, I describe the value of what can be learned from Indigenous community members (Community-based participatory research), as well as how ethnoarchaeological studies contribute to a fuller understanding of heritage, directly benefit community needs and interests, and make substantial contributions to archaeology and heritage preservation. I focus on community-directed projects funded by the Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (IPinCH) project. These initiatives directly benefit community needs and interests, while also making substantial contributions to archaeology and heritage preservation.

Devils Tower National Monument/Bear Lodge (Wyoming)

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-60
Author(s):  
Yuval Jobani ◽  
Nahshon Perez
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Rock Climbing ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Interference Model ◽  
Critical Examination ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Sacred Sites ◽  
National Monument ◽  
Religion And State

Chapter 2 explores the non-interference model in contested sacred sites through the examination of the struggle over rock climbing at the Devils Tower National Monument/Bear Lodge (Wyoming). It begins (section A) with an examination of the voluntary coordination between climbers and indigenous community members, assisted by a “nudge” from the authorities, aiming to bring about, but not legally force, the reduction of climbing activities at the site. The chapter then turns (section B) to a succinct description and analysis of the general approach of the separation between religion and state. Section C turns to a critical examination of the non-interference model upon its structure, justifications, advantages, and weaknesses. The final section (D), moves to map out and differentiate among three subtle policy variations of the non-interference model: “signaling,” “nudging,” and “ushering,” all of which aim to achieve successful coordination of activities at such sites between competing groups.

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