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Journal article
Double perspective in the Colonial present
Social theory & health, Vol.20(2), pp.215-236
06/2022
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Abstract
This paper will explain the concept of double perspective and the impact that this cultural understanding may have on the health of the Indigenous peoples of Scandinavia. In inter-cultural communication, one set of meanings may be discernible to the outsider while a whole extra set of restricted or underlying meanings are only accessible for those people who have the cultural knowledge to discern them. These different sets of meanings embody a double perspective. It is not dual perspectives on the same reality but rather seeing two separate but overlapping realities. We will discuss the layers of meaning which are involved in the interactions between public healthcare institutions, clinicians and staff, and Indigenous people including the Sami. These interactions are influenced by the impact of colonization and the ongoing epistemicide of Indigenous thought. By realising the improved resilience that a double perspective brings to Indigenous peoples, an awareness of the inclusion and exclusion of Indigenous persons, cultures and histories should become established in public institutions and in everyday life. A double perspective carries Sami resilience, and should be understood as a key to support individual health, and also the collective wellbeing of a people living on their traditional yet colonized land.
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- Title
- Double perspective in the Colonial present
- Creators
- Anna Lydia Svalastog - Østfold University CollegeShawn Wilson - Southern Cross UniversityHarald Gaski - Sámi University of Applied SciencesKate Senior - University of Newcastle AustraliaRichard Chenhall - University of Melbourne
- Publication Details
- Social theory & health, Vol.20(2), pp.215-236
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 22
- Grant note
- Melbourne University; University of Melbourne Ostfold University College Norwegian Non Fiction Writers' and Translators' Organisation Dyason Fellowships Australian Research Council Future Fellowship; Australian Research Council University of Wollongong Internationalisation Grant.
- Identifiers
- 991013042613702368
- Academic Unit
- Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article