Understanding Indigenous Australian women’s social and emotional wellbeing and wellness through yarning : the Indigenous Women's Wellness Program
conference contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00authored byM Walker, Bronwyn Fredericks, D Anderson
The paper explores Indigenous Australian women’s understanding of wellness, through the lens of social and emotional wellbeing. The authors use a “yarning” approach to explore how wellness is important to Indigenous women who live in North Brisbane (Australia). They discuss the benefits of yarning and its strength as a methodology for conducting research and building activism within Indigenous Australian communities. They argue that, for Indigenous Australian women, wellness is linked to a sense of wholeness and strongly related to the feeling of connection that women get from meeting together and having time for Women’s Business. They describe the way that their research project developed into a community summit focused on Indigenous women’s wellness.
History
Start Page
279
End Page
285
Number of Pages
7
Start Date
2012-01-01
Finish Date
2012-01-01
ISBN-13
9780986462245
Location
Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Publisher
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, New Zealand’s Indigenous Centre of Research Excellence.
Place of Publication
Auckland, New Zealand
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Open Access
No
Cultural Warning
This research output may contain the names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. We apologize for any distress that may occur.
External Author Affiliations
Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre (LTERC);
Era Eligible
Yes
Name of Conference
International Indigenous Development Research Conference