Sherwood Juanita
Nura Gili Indigenous Programs, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
Australas Psychiatry. 2009 Aug;17 Suppl 1:S24-7. doi: 10.1080/10398560902948662.
This paper explores reasons for using decolonization as a method for improving Indigenous health status. Decolonization is a method required to shift the current paradigm of Western dominance and colonial amnesia that constructs and maintains Indigenous poor health status.
Decolonization requires every Australian to examine the impact colonization has upon their past and present in order to formulate a future that does not reinstate the past. To take these steps requires a balance of histories, informing our current political and social context, critical reflexive practice and open communication with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
本文探讨将去殖民化作为改善原住民健康状况方法的原因。去殖民化是一种必要的方法，用以转变当前西方主导和殖民失忆的范式，这种范式构建并维持着原住民的健康不佳状况。
去殖民化要求每个澳大利亚人审视殖民化对其过去和现在的影响，以便构建一个不会重现过去的未来。采取这些步骤需要平衡各种历史，了解我们当前的政治和社会背景，进行批判性反思实践，并与原住民及托雷斯海峡岛民进行开放交流。
