McGibbon Elizabeth, Mulaudzi Fhumulani M, Didham Paula, Barton Sylvia, Sochan Ann
St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada.
Nurs Inq. 2014 Sep;21(3):179-91. doi: 10.1111/nin.12042. Epub 2013 Jul 9.
Although there are notable exceptions, examination of nursing's participation in colonizing processes and practices has not taken hold in nursing's consciousness or political agenda. Critical analyses, based on the examination of politics and power of the structural determinants of health, continue to be marginalized in the profession. The goals of this discussion article are to underscore the urgent need to further articulate postcolonial theory in nursing and to contribute to nursing knowledge about paths to work toward decolonizing the profession. The authors begin with a description of unifying themes in postcolonial theory, with an emphasis on colonized subjectivities and imperialism; the application of a critical social science perspective, including postcolonial feminist theory; and the project of working toward decolonization. Processes involved in the colonization of nursing are described in detail, including colonization of nursing's intellectual development and the white privilege and racism that sustain colonizing thinking and action in nursing. The authors conclude with strategies to increase the counter-narrative to continued colonization, with a focus on critical social justice, human rights and the structural determinants of health.
尽管存在显著的例外情况，但对护理专业参与殖民化进程和实践的审视尚未在护理界的意识或政治议程中扎根。基于对健康结构决定因素的政治和权力审视的批判性分析，在该专业中仍处于边缘地位。本文的目的是强调在护理领域进一步阐明后殖民理论的迫切需求，并为护理专业关于实现去殖民化途径的知识做出贡献。作者首先描述了后殖民理论中的统一主题，重点是被殖民的主体性和帝国主义；批判性社会科学视角的应用，包括后殖民女性主义理论；以及去殖民化项目。详细描述了护理领域殖民化所涉及的过程，包括护理知识发展的殖民化以及维持护理领域殖民化思维和行动的白人特权和种族主义。作者最后提出了增加对持续殖民化的反叙事的策略，重点是批判性社会正义、人权和健康的结构决定因素。
