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3 characteristics of indigenous people (Martinez)

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  • impact by invading groups
  • struggle, survival, adaption
  • continuity of connection to land
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3 oppression thingies of indigenous

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stigmatisation
resistance
land loss

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what is a cosmology?

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explanation of existence, purpose

crucial for understanding psychology

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what are the 3 stages of Maori cosmology?

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  1. movement from darkness to light
  2. separation of earth and sky
  3. fashioning of natural world
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how is cosmology woven into architecture?

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through the marae - images depict stages of creation

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how does cosmology shape psychology?

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  1. how we respond to environment
  2. offers alternative identities and knowledge that resists colonisation
  3. shapes practises and relationships
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what is colonisation?

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invasion of an area by a new group

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what are the 6 stages of cultural domination?

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  1. loss of language/culture education systems - new implemented
  2. local artifacts destroyed
  3. traditional practises dismissed
  4. practises tolerated limitedly (assimilated)
  5. settlers draw selectively on elements e.g. medicine
  6. settlers exploit culture for economic gain
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what is the chain of being?

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religious hierarchical structure of all matter and life

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what is the significance of chain of being?

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justifies conquering nations? rise of pseudo-science made a hierarchy of race of intelligence

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what is diaspora?

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movement of population from original homeland

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what is acculturation?

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minority group comes to adopt the cultural knowledge, values, practises and language of another dominant group

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what is enculturation

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adapting by learning values, norms and requirements of a culture to fit in - learning your own culture

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what are the 4 strategies of acculturation? (Berry)

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  1. integration
  2. assimilation
  3. separation
  4. marginalisation
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what is integration?

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maintaining cultural identity but participating in host culture

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what is assimilation?

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giving up own culture and absorbing host culture

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what is separation?

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maintaining own culture, rejecting host culture

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what is marginalisation?

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not identifying with own or host culture

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what are 3 critiques of acculturation model?

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  1. oversimplifies responses
  2. ignores context
  3. homogenises cultural groups
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how does indigenous psychology help?

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‘unlearn’ western assumptions
recognise customs
application of cultural concepts to decolonise research

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what are 2 characteristics of psychology in NZ?

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  1. eurocentric - focussing on western culture and excludes wider world
  2. ethnocentric - judging another’s culture based on own
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what is decolonisation?

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recovery and re-establishment of culture and assertion of rights

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what are characteristics of decolonisation?

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  1. revolutionising how people relate to and in a place
  2. process of recovery, culture re-established
  3. self-determination
  4. based on indigenous ways, not eurocentric knowledge
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what is emic?

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developing insights and methods from within one’s culture, giving voice to indigenous

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what is etic?
indigenous psychologists adapting existing insights and methods from outside their culture to use
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what is symbiotic?
drawing insights from inside and outside to produce knowledge
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what is knowledge?
1. common sense understanding through lived experiences 2. acquisition of skill, experience and education 3. theoretical and practical understandings of life
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what is epistemology?
understanding the nature of human knowledge and what underpins it
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what is social constructionism?
contextually located interpretations of the world
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how are social intepretations violent?
expressing certain interpretations which have negative consequences for racialised groups e.g. racist research difficult for racialised groups to challenge
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what are the 4 types of research? (Cunningham)
1. research not involving maori 2. research involving maori - maori are some participants 3. maori centred research - significant participants 4. kaupapa maori research - research typically all maori
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what is kaupapa maori research?
1. critical theory | 2. legitimacy of maori culture
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what is 'kaupapa'
principles and ideas which are a basis for action
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what are the 8 principles of kaupapa maori research?
1. tino rangitiratanga - self determination 2. taonga tuku iho - aspirations 3. ako maori - pedagogy 4. socioeconomic mediation 5. whanau - family 6. kaupapa - collectivity 7. ata - growing respectful relationships 8. treaty of waitangi
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what is resilience?
the means by which indigenous people make use of individual/community strength to protect themselves
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what is resistance?
collective fight-back, actively opposing uneven distribution of power
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what is homelessness
the absence of a safe, secure, habitable shelter
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what is spiritual homelessness?
displacement from ancestral lands, knowledge, rituals, kinship relationships
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what are 4 personal pathways into homelessness?
1. relationship breakdowns 2. family abuse 3. substance abuse 4. mental illness
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what are 3 structural pathways into homelessness?
1. colonisation 2. poverty 3. ideology of individual responsibiltiy
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what is the psychosocial perspective of homelessness?
social support and inclusion does not alleviate mental hardship but such interpersonal factors can buffer severe material hardship
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how are health and relationships intertwined?
participation in social networks are beneficial for health | health is shaped by quality of relations in society
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what is the cartesian self?
assumes there is a subjective inner mind and an objective outer world mind and body are distinct substances
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how is the cartesian self different for maori?
maori see person an environment as being interwoven
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what is the looking glass self?
we see ourselves through the perceptions of others and how we understand these
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what is the centre of the cobweb self?
the self is a cobweb connected to many other people
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what is historical trauma?
emotional and psychological wounding across generations, which emanates from massive group trauma
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what is the interconnected self?
interwoven relationships and situations not independent of context/lives of others - another way to decolonise psychology
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what is dependent origination?
the idea that one can understand nothing in isolated pieces - one's actions impact others - understanding someone requires understanding of their group
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what is the I and Me
``` I = distinct from others, identity Me = the self seen by others ```
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what is a refugee?
someone feeling conflict or persecution | successful asylum seeker
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5 reasons we are hostile to migrants?
1. media 2. healthcare 3. racism 4. human rights violations 5. government policies
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what is migration?
movement of people from once place to another, involving a distinct change to everyday life
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what is domestic migration?
rural to urban movement or movement between cities
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what is international migration?
movement between countries
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what are the 2 main drivers for migration?
1. search of opportunity - voluntary | 2. search of safety - involuntary
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what are pros from migrants
opportunity, new start, personal growth, escape from danger
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what are cons for migrants
disruption, loss of identity/status, marginalisation, langauge, unemployment
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what are pros for host communities
diversity, more labour, international connections, new ideas
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what are cons for host communities
competition for jobs/housing/resources, overcrowding, conflict over culture
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what is culture shock?
the disorientation of being in an unfamiliar context
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what is the model minority myth?
a minority group whose members are perceived to achieve a higher degree of socioeconomic success than the population average
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what are problems with the model minority myth?
1. fosters internalised racism 2. creates 'good' and 'bad' immigrants 3. used to deny racial justice 4. erases shared histories of oppression

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