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Release : 2003
Genre : Aboriginal Australians
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Book Rating : 510/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ngangkar̲i Work - An̲angu Way by :
Download or read book Ngangkar̲i Work - An̲angu Way written by . This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjar Yankunytjatjara Women's Council
Release : 2013
Genre : Aboriginal Australians
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Book Rating : 825/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Traditional Healers of Central Australia by : Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjar Yankunytjatjara Women's Council
Download or read book Traditional Healers of Central Australia written by Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjar Yankunytjatjara Women's Council. This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditional Healers of the Central Desert contains unique stories and imagery and primary source material: the ngangkari speak directly to the reader. Ngangkari are senior Aboriginal people authorised to speak publicly about Anangu (Western Desert language speaking Aboriginal people) culture and practices. It is accurate, authorised information about their work, in their own words.The practice of traditional healing is still very much a part of contemporary Aboriginal society. The ngangkari currently employed at NPY Women's Council deliver treatments to people across a tri-state region of about 350,000 sq km, in more than 25 communities in SA, WA and NT. Acknowledged, respected and accepted these ngangkari work collaboratively with hospitals and health professionals even beyond this region, working hand in hand with Western medical practitioners.
Author : Pranee Liamputtong
Release : 2008-07-31
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 672/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Doing Cross-Cultural Research by : Pranee Liamputtong
Download or read book Doing Cross-Cultural Research written by Pranee Liamputtong. This book was released on 2008-07-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conducting cross-cultural research is rife with methodological, ethical and moral challenges. Researchers are challenged with many issues in carrying out their research with people in cross-cultural arenas. In this book, I attempt to bring together salient issues for the conduct of culturally appropriate research. The task of undertaking cross-cultural research can present researchers with unique opportunities, and yet dilemmas. The book will provide some thought-provoking points so that our research may proceed relatively well and yet ethical in our approach. The subject of the book is on the ethical, methodological, political understanding and practical procedures in undertaking cross-cultural research. The book will bring readers through a series of questions: who am I working with? What ethical and moral considerations do I need to observe? How should I conduct the research which is culturally appropriate to the needs of people I am researching? How do I deal with language issues? How will I negotiate access? And what research methods should I apply to ensure a successful research process? The book is intended for postgraduate students who are undertaking research as part of their degrees. It is also intended for researchers who are working in cross-cultural studies and in poor nations.
Author : Bernard Guerin
Release : 2017-03-16
Genre : Psychology
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Book Rating : 591/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis How to Rethink Mental Illness by : Bernard Guerin
Download or read book How to Rethink Mental Illness written by Bernard Guerin. This book was released on 2017-03-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of mental illness is typically framed around symptoms and cures, where every client is given a label. In this challenging new book, Professor Bernard Guerin provides a fresh alternative to considering these issues, based in interdisciplinary social sciences and discourse analysis rather than medical studies or cognitive metaphors. A timely and articulate challenge to mainstream approaches, Guerin asks the reader to observe the ecological contexts for behavior rather than diagnose symptoms, to find new ways to understand and help those experiencing mental distress. This book shows the reader: how we attribute ‘mental illness’ to someone’s behavior why we call some forms of suffering ‘mental’ but not others what Western diagnoses look like when you strip away the theory and categories why psychiatry and psychology appeared for the first time at the start of modernity the relationship between capitalism and modern ideas of ‘mental illness’ why it seems that women, the poor and people of Indigenous and non-Western backgrounds have worse ‘mental health’ how we can rethink the ‘hearing of voices’ more ecologically how self-identity has evolved historically how thinking arises from our social contexts rather than from inside our heads. Offering solutions rather than theory to develop a new ‘post-internal’ psychology, How to Rethink Mental Illness will be essential reading for every mental health professional, as well as anyone who has either experienced a mental illness themselves, or helped a friend or family member who has.
Author : Fred Cahir
Release : 2018-05
Genre : Medical
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Book Rating : 128/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia by : Fred Cahir
Download or read book Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia written by Fred Cahir. This book was released on 2018-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous Australians have long understood sustainable hunting and harvesting, seasonal changes in flora and fauna, predator–prey relationships and imbalances, and seasonal fire management. Yet the extent of their knowledge and expertise has been largely unknown and underappreciated by non-Aboriginal colonists, especially in the south-east of Australia where Aboriginal culture was severely fractured. Aboriginal Biocultural Knowledge in South-eastern Australia is the first book to examine historical records from early colonists who interacted with south-eastern Australian Aboriginal communities and documented their understanding of the environment, natural resources such as water and plant and animal foods, medicine and other aspects of their material world. This book provides a compelling case for the importance of understanding Indigenous knowledge, to inform discussions around climate change, biodiversity, resource management, health and education. It will be a valuable reference for natural resource management agencies, academics in Indigenous studies and anyone interested in Aboriginal culture and knowledge.
