TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the term "resilience" in arctic health and well-being using a sharing circle as a community-centered approach
T2 - Insights from a conference workshop
AU - Akearok, Gwen Healey
AU - Cueva, Katie
AU - Stoor, Jon Petter A.
AU - Larsen, Christina V.L.
AU - Rink, Elizabeth
AU - Kanayurak, Nicole
AU - Emelyanova, Anastasia
AU - Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y.
PY - 2019/2/2
Y1 - 2019/2/2
N2 - In the field of Arctic health, "resilience" is a term and concept used to describe capacity to recover from difficulties. While the term is widely used in Arctic policy contexts, there is debate at the community level on whether "resilience" is an appropriate term to describe the human dimensions of health and wellness in the Arctic. Further, research methods used to investigate resilience have largely been limited to Western science research methodologies, which emphasize empirical quantitative studies and may not mirror the perspective of the Arctic communities under study. To explore conceptions of resilience in Arctic communities, a Sharing Circle was facilitated at the International Congress on Circumpolar Health in 2018. With participants engaging from seven of the eight Arctic countries, participants shared critiques of the term "resilience," and their perspectives on key components of thriving communities. Upon reflection, this use of a Sharing Circle suggests that it may be a useful tool for deeper investigations into health-related issues affecting Arctic Peoples. The Sharing Circle may serve as a meaningful methodology for engaging communities using resonant research strategies to decolonize concepts of resilience and highlight new dimensions for promoting thriving communities in Arctic populations.
AB - In the field of Arctic health, "resilience" is a term and concept used to describe capacity to recover from difficulties. While the term is widely used in Arctic policy contexts, there is debate at the community level on whether "resilience" is an appropriate term to describe the human dimensions of health and wellness in the Arctic. Further, research methods used to investigate resilience have largely been limited to Western science research methodologies, which emphasize empirical quantitative studies and may not mirror the perspective of the Arctic communities under study. To explore conceptions of resilience in Arctic communities, a Sharing Circle was facilitated at the International Congress on Circumpolar Health in 2018. With participants engaging from seven of the eight Arctic countries, participants shared critiques of the term "resilience," and their perspectives on key components of thriving communities. Upon reflection, this use of a Sharing Circle suggests that it may be a useful tool for deeper investigations into health-related issues affecting Arctic Peoples. The Sharing Circle may serve as a meaningful methodology for engaging communities using resonant research strategies to decolonize concepts of resilience and highlight new dimensions for promoting thriving communities in Arctic populations.
KW - Arctic
KW - Decolonizing methodologies
KW - Indigenous methodologies
KW - Qualitative
KW - Resilience
U2 - 10.3390/socsci8020045
DO - 10.3390/socsci8020045
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85061178756
SN - 2076-0760
VL - 8
JO - Social Sciences
JF - Social Sciences
IS - 2
M1 - 45
ER -