GRT 3110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Collective Trauma, Oka Crisis, The Roots

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Gerontology
• Course: GRT 3110
• Professor: Louise Edmonds

Document Summary

Kirmayer, l. et al. , rethinking resilience from indigenous perspectives. Diversity within indigenous communities: need socioecological view of resilience. Relate to land, displacement, lack of autonomy and control. New views needed because new dimensions of development and ecosystemic. Canadian processes encourage resilience >> need to recognize the processes and dimensions. Resilience shown through cultural language and stories, processes of emotion regulation, adaptation, recreating perception of history, collective identity, spiritual healing, renewed agency (all happens among individual/community/national levels) Culturally distinct ideas of community and collective history and agency/activism. Models and metaphors of resilience: ability to return to peace after stress is resilience. Psychology just looks at resilience as a trait/process, ignoring systematic/ecological roots (i. e. problem solving, humour, social skills) Sdoh rightfully focused on; need to look at indigenous-specific sdoh. The roots of resilience project: research program to promote resilience and mental health.