Remapping country, kin and culture on the Darling Downs and Southwest Queensland: some suggestions for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal resilience and well-being
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Article Title | Remapping country, kin and culture on the Darling Downs and Southwest Queensland: some suggestions for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal resilience and well-being |
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ERA Journal ID | 11166 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Williams, Lewis (Author), Stuart, Lynne (Author) and Reedy, Natasha (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues |
Journal Citation | 18 (4), pp. 21-38 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISSN | 1440-5202 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.swinburne.edu.au/about/our-university/indigenous-matters/research/journal-of-australian-indigenous-issues/ |
Abstract | Recent years have seen resilience discourse occupy an increasingly significant space within the health and well-being domains; a situation which is similarly the case in the Darling Downs and Southwest Queensland regions, Australia. These changes are flanked by a growing social innovation movement that recognizes the importance of making the links between social and ecological resilience in ways that include disenfranchised communities as active participants; particularly the Aboriginal peoples within those communities. Today, these regions have significant Aboriginal populations and theoretically potential for this form of engagement. However, a particularly violent and bloody colonial history has left its Aboriginal populations displaced with accompanying significant health and well-being challenges. Authored by three health academics engaged in research and teaching activities within these communities, this paper outlines contemporary human progress and well-being issues for these regions, and proposes an ‘integral approach to cultural and epistemological remapping’ as one means of aligning social and ecological resilience and addressing these issues. |
Keywords | Darling Downs; resilience; well-being; Indigenous |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 450499. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing not elsewhere classified |
450199. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture, language and history not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | c. 2015 Swinburne University of Technology. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
University of the Sunshine Coast | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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