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| What is Indigenous Psychologies |
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Indigenous psychology is characterised by critical challenges to the dominance of American psychological knowledge, and by indigenous peoples’ demands for a voice in decisions that impact on their futures.
- Acknowledging the idea that psychological knowledge has been generated by those in power, and imposed on all others, including minority groups |
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| Objectives of Indigenous Psychologies |
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- Further advance a psychology of indigenous peoples
- Develop a psychology that is not imposed or imported from elsewhere
- Consider the multiple contexts in which people live. We have indigenous people who live in their original countries, those who have moved and spread overseas (forced or unforced)
- Develop knowledge within and alongside cultures using a variety of methods.
- Produce locally relevant psychological knowledge. Identifying the needs of a community and producing knowledge that will be directly beneficial to that particular community |
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| Pacific Peoples in NZ Statistics |
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- Majority born in NZ – 62.3%, particularly in younger age groups
- Youthful: Median age 22.1 years (very youthful)
- Increasingly multi-ethnic (don’t identify with one Pacific single group)
- 79.7% identify with at least one religion (55% NZ pop)
- By 2038, Pacific peoples will make up 10.8% of NZ population.
Each nation historically had different relationships with NZ. Different rates of language use – decline of language use of those communities. |
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- Economic decline, which resulted in politicians looking for escape goats so blames immigration.
- Migration was blamed for the economic crisis
- Crackdown on illegal over stayers from the Pacific - Labour then National
- Of those who were arrested for overstaying their duration of the visa, 86% were Pacific. However, the majority of over stayers were from UK, Australia and South Africa. So clear discrimination was clear.
- Damage of race-relations. Videos created by politicians to falsely identify immigrants as being responsible for taking all the jobs, and framed them as problematic trouble makers
- Damaging to relationships within NZ system
Historical contexts contribute to ethnic disparities in health, justice, education and employment. |
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| Pacific Culture Characteristics |
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Definition
- Collectivist (hierarchical)
- Interdependent self-concept
- Extended family
- Geronotocratic
- Spiritual/Religiosity
- Indirect Communication |
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| Western Culture Characteristics |
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Definition
- Individualist
- Independent self-concept
- Nuclear family
- Democratic
- Secular/Religious
- Direct Communication |
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| What are Pacific Psychologies? |
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Not yet clearly defined, however there are shared understandings:
- Holistic
- Religion and spirituality
- Family oriented
- Being aware of acculturative processes that Pacific people have gone through |
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Architecture of the phalle represents different aspects of the person you should take in to consideration.
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| What does the Roof in Fonofale represent? |
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CULTURE
- Values + beliefs that shelter
- Cultures within particular families.
- Cultures adopted in NZ and Pacific born
- Dynamic understanding of culture that changes depending in the situation you are in
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| What does the Foundation in Fonofale represent? |
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FAMILY
- The stronger the foundation of the family, the stronger the support network will be
- Kopu Tangata / Aiga / Kaiga / Magafaoa
- Nuclear – Extended family
- Bound by kinship, titles, marriage, partnerships.
- History and genealogy in the foundation/family ties them to titles/lands/motu/sea
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| What does the Pou (post) 1 in Fonofale represent? |
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PHYSICAL (Connects the foundation and roof)
- Biological or physical wellbeing.
- Anatomy, physiology, nutrition, medication
- Positive/negative impacts
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| What does the Pou (post) 2 in Fonofale represent? |
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SPIRITUAL (Connects the foundation and roof)
- Wellbeing that stems from a belief system
- Christianity, spirituality
- Ancestors, beliefs, histories or a combination
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| What does the Pou (post) 3 in Fonofale represent? |
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MENTAL (Connects the foundation and roof)
- Wellbeing and health of the mind
- Thinking, emotions, expressed behaviours
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| What does the Pou (post) 4 in Fonofale represent? |
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OTHER
- Direct/indirect influences
- Gender, sexuality, age, socioeconomic status, education, employment
All posts interact with each other as well as interacting with our culture and our family.
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| What does the Surroundings of the Fonofale represent? |
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1. ENVIRONMENT- (Relationships to the physical environment. Rural - Urban)
2. TIME -(Actual or specific time in history that impacts Pacific peoples. Contemporary issues. Future)
3. CONTEXT - (Where/how/what and the meaning it has for a person or people. NZ or Pacific context. Country or residence, legal, politics, socioeconomic) |
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| Core elements of Pacific approaches to health & Wellbeing |
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