Introduction to special section: Geographies of Indigenous health and wellness

Richmond, Chantelle; Nightingale, Elana

doi:10.1111/cag.12678

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“…By collectively organizing with students, staff, and other faculty across disciplines, universities can serve as the prototypes ofbuilding on Browne (2015) and Thacker's phrase ( 2006)a collective critical biosecurity and surveillance consciousness, a mode of knowledge production and action that shifts the focus of public health surveillance and security measures from the individual to the communal while centering care and justice based in anti-colonial, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist principles. There already exist, inside and outside the discipline, robust guides for this re-imagining of alternative biosecuritizations, from the medical programs of the Black Panthers (Nelson, 2013) to the activism of socialist patient collectives (Alder-Bolton and Vierkant, 2022), and Indigenous geographies of health and wellness (Richmond and Nightingale, 2021). As we think through the future of geographical thought and praxis, we suggest mobilizing geographical tools in collaboration with these already-existing programs and actions, in service of constructive liberatory futures in ongoing crises of care.…”

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Counter-collaborations towards alternative bio-securitizations

Arefin

Prouse

2023

Dialogues in Human Geography

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In this commentary, we argue that geographical thought and praxis must engage with repressive biosecurity and biosurveillance systems and fight for alternatives. In doing so, geographers can contribute to an emerging anti-colonial and anti-racist interdisciplinary science. We suggest two counter-collaborations towards alternative bio-securitizations: working with those who have been cast out of biopolitical worlds and have long been fostering life for their communities; and working with practitioners of hegemonic science to re-direct biomedical efforts. Building these collaborations would orient biosecurity praxis to those biosecuritizations that already exist at the margins of violent security programs and foster communal and just care relations as the foundation for a liberatory and interdisciplinary science.

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Counter-collaborations towards alternative bio-securitizations

Arefin

Prouse

2023

Dialogues in Human Geography

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“…Sultana (2021), advocates for a feminist lens to allow for a more nuanced and intersectional understanding of how these injustices are produced. Further, Indigenous geographies support and apply a relational ontology that interprets innate connections between people and the Land (see Richmond & Nightingale, 2021). These approaches can add a theoretical richness and bring context to an understanding of the climate change-mental health and wellbeing connection.…”

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“…Various fields of scholarship and theoretical frameworks are drawn on in health geography. These include feminist geographies, Indigenous geographies, posthumanism, environmental justice, and theories of sense‐of‐place, among others (Andrews et al., 2018; Richmond & Nightingale, 2021). As such, health geography is well situated to examine the mental health and wellbeing impacts of climate change drawing on a multitude of perspectives and methodologies.…”

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Climate change and mental health and wellbeing: Reflections from a health geography lens

Martin

2024

Geography Compass

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There is a growing recognition of the importance of research into the effects of climate change on mental health and wellbeing. This paper provides an overview of the pathways through which climate change can affect mental health and wellbeing, highlighting the valuable contribution that health geography can make in this field of study. Given expertise in spatial processes, human‐environment interactions, and diverse research methods, health geographers are well‐equipped to enhance our understanding of the connection between climate change and mental health and wellbeing. The paper proposes two key areas of future focus: (1) exploring the reciprocal relationships between mental health and place, and (2) integrating knowledge from health geography and environmental sustainability. Health geography can play a critical role in developing knowledge to support mitigation strategies and promote mental health and wellbeing in the face of climate change.

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“…The existing body of community-based Indigenous health scholarship focuses on exploring, describing, and sharing the unique relationships between the health and wellness of Indigenous people and their connections to their socio-political, cultural, and physical environments [44]. Experiences of colonization and dispossession from the land are central to many of the health and social inequities experienced by Indigenous populations at present.…”

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“We Make It Work Because We Must”: Narrating the Creation of an Urban Indigenous Food Bank in London, Ontario, Canada

Richmond,

Dokis

2023

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This research draws from a community-engaged methodology and qualitative interviews to narrate the creation and daily operations of an Indigenous food bank in London, Ontario, Canada. In-depth interviews (n = 10) with program leaders, volunteers, and recipients detailed the day-to-day operations, including where and how foods were collected and distributed, and a preliminary analysis of the meanings and challenges of the food bank. The key strengths of the food bank are its focus on cultural safety, provision of traditional foods, and its community-led approach. The limitations of the food bank relate to the structure of the workload and sustainability of program funding. Community-led research with Indigenous non-profit organizations, such as that presented here, offer approaches that are critically important for creating culturally relevant and inclusive data that can both explain and address Indigenous health inequities, and provide the evidence needed to advocate for change.

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Introduction to special section: Geographies of Indigenous health and wellness

Cited by 6 publications

References 20 publications

Counter-collaborations towards alternative bio-securitizations

Counter-collaborations towards alternative bio-securitizations

Climate change and mental health and wellbeing: Reflections from a health geography lens

“We Make It Work Because We Must”: Narrating the Creation of an Urban Indigenous Food Bank in London, Ontario, Canada

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