scholarly journals Exploring the Addiction Recovery Experiences of Urban Indigenous Youth and Non-Indigenous Youth Who Use the Services of The Saskatoon Community Arts Program

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
John George Hansen ◽  
Chanda Corinne Hetzel

This article explores the experiences of addiction recovery among urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth who attended the Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Program (SCYAP). SCYAP is a community-based organization that provides creative ways for youth to express themselves through art, and is intended to address the social, economic, and educational needs of urban youth who are characterized as at-risk. SCYAP has functioned since 2001 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Six Indigenous youth and four non-Indigenous youth were interviewed to explore how the processes of addiction recovery were understood and or experienced. The study postulates a theory of addiction recovery founded on Indigenous and non-Indigenous experiences, a sense of belonging, identity, values, art, and visualization. This study is qualitative in nature and explores the experiences of Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth in relation to addiction recovery. Research results show that Indigenous youth and non-Indigenous youth who use the services of SCYAP have meaningful insights into the ways in which they experience and understand addiction recovery.

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Mira

Insertar una perspectiva sociocultural sobre las juventudes indígenas contemporáneas en el campo de relaciones entre juventud, escuela y socialización, permite establecer nuevas vetas de análisis para comprender cuál es el vínculo que se teje entre la expansión aún activa de sistemas en educación superior en regiones históricamente relegadas de esta infraestructura escolar en México, y la producción social y cultural de nuevas y diferenciadas formas de ser joven indígena. Partiendo del reconocimiento de que al día de hoy las llamadas nuevas ruralidades están experimentando un proceso de desvinculación paulatina de las estructuras sociales del mundo agrario y tradicional, y se perfilan como una generación culturalmente más próxima a las prácticas sociales de las juventudes urbanas, el presente trabajo analiza las interacciones que mantiene la juventud otomí o ñöñho de San Ildefonso Tultepec en Querétaro, frente a una de la de las instituciones de mayor perdurabilidad histórica en la construcción de las identidades juveniles: la escuela. Específicamente se explora a partir de datos etnográficos, cómo la entrada de la educación superior de corte intercultural a esta zona indígena en Querétaro, contribuye a extender y dinamizar los atributos juveniles de este sector de la población ñöñho a partir de su condición estudiantil, al otorgarles nuevas cuotas de organización del tiempo individual - que postergan sus compromisos laborales y familiares -, oportunidades de construir nuevos lazos afectivos juveniles dentro y fuera del espacio comunitario, de ampliar sus gustos y capitales culturales, y de constituirse como un profesionista emergente con perspectivas diferenciales sobre su entorno comunitario.EXTENSION AND NEW DINAMICS OF THE YOUTH CONDITION IN THE ÑÖÑHO OF SAN ILDEFONSO TULTEPEC: links of indigenous youth to intercultural higher education in Mexico  ABSTRACTInserting a sociocultural perspective on contemporary indigenous youth in the field of youth relations, school and socialization, allows to establish new veins of analysis to understand the link that is woven between the still active expansion of systems in higher education in historically relegated regions of this school infrastructure in Mexico, and the social and cultural production of new and differentiated ways of being indigenous young. Based on the recognition that to this day the so-called new ruralities are experiencing a process of gradual disengagement from the social structures of the agrarian and traditional world, and are emerging as a generation culturally closer to the social practices of urban youth, this work analyzes the interactions maintained by the otomí o ñöñho youth of San Ildefonso Tultepec in Querétaro, compared to one of the institutions with the greatest historical durability in the construction of youth identities: the school.Specifically it is explored from ethnographic data, how the entry of intercultural higher education to this indigenous area in Querétaro, contributes to extend and energize the youth attributes of this sector of the ñöñho population based on their student status, by granting them new quotas of organization of individual time -that defer their work and family commitments- , opportunities to build new youthful affective bonds within and outside the community space, to expand their social tastes and cultural capitals, and to establish themselves as an emerging professional with differential perspectives on their community environment.KeyWords: Youth condition. Indigenous young. Intercultural higher education. New rurality. Otomíes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
Thu Giang Le ◽  
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Phuong Nga Dinh ◽  
Cam Hang Hoang ◽  
Thi Ngoc Diep Bui ◽  
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Objective: To explore the methods of community-based organizations (CBOs) in HIV prevention and support services in Vietnam during the social distancing caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: Qualitative research method, in-depth interview with 20 CBO representatives in 10 provinces and cities of Vietnam. Result: CBOs have changed forms of communication, counseling offline on HIV prevention to media, online counseling through Blued, Grindr, and social networks such as Facebook, Zalo. Some CBOs provide HIV prevention items by making appointments for clients in a familiar location, while at the same time following COVID-19 disease prevention regulations. Strengthening the connection of CBO representatives to private clinics and local HIV prevention centers contributes to the timely delivery of medicines to customers. Conclusion: The methods of transforming service delivery to online, connecting CBOs, between CBOs and private clinics, local HIV prevention centers, and HIV prevention departments is essential to respond meet the needs of customers during a social distancing caused by COVID-19. Keywords: COVID-19, a community-based organization, HIV prevention and treatment support services.


Author(s):  
Kim Foreman ◽  
Sandra Byrd Chappelle

Chapter 4 looks at the growing understanding of the relationship (intersectionality) between human health and other leading indicators of well-being that has come as a consequence of an increase in understanding of the social determinants of health. These indicators include full employment, educational attainment, and fair mortgage lending. It looks at examples of the work of nongovernment organizations (NGOs) together with public health officials and hospitals.


2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey H. Cohen ◽  
Bernardo Rios ◽  
Lise Byars

Rural Oaxacan migrants are defined as quintessential transnational movers, people who access rich social networks as they move between rural hometowns in southern Mexico and the urban centers of southern California.  The social and cultural ties that characterize Oaxacan movers are critical to successful migrations, lead to jobs and create a sense of belonging and shared identity.  Nevertheless, migration has socio-cultural, economic and psychological costs.  To move the discussion away from a framework that emphasizes the positive transnational qualities of movement we focus on the costs of migration for Oaxacans from the state’s central valleys and Sierra regions.   


2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 585-605
Author(s):  
Terrence Thomas ◽  
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Befikadu Legesse ◽  
Cihat Gunden ◽  
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...  

The failure of top-down categorical approaches for generating solutions to many local problems has led to the adoption of alternate approaches. Many scholars believe that a confluence of local and global forces have generated complex problems, which call for new approaches to problem solving. Previously, the top-down approach relied entirely on the knowledgeable elite. Communities were seen as passive study subjects and information flow was one way only- from knowledgeable elites to the less knowledgeable community agents or community-based organization acting on behalf of communities. The objectives of this study are to provide a review of governance as a means of organizing community action to address community problems in the Black Belt Region (BBR) of the Southeastern United States, and an assessment of community problems in the BBR from the perspectives of community-based organizations (CBOs). Data was collected from CBOs via a telephone survey in eleven Southeastern states and via listening sessions conducted with CBOs in 9 Southeastern states. The study provides valuable insight regarding the challenges faced by these organizations and strategies they employ in adapting to serve their communities.


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