Ulturgasheva Olga, Rasmus Stacy, Wexler Lisa, Nystad Kristine, Kral Michael
University of Manchester
University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2014 Oct;51(5):735-56. doi: 10.1177/1363461514547120.
Arctic peoples today find themselves on the front line of rapid environmental change brought about by globalizing forces, shifting climates, and destabilizing physical conditions. The weather is not the only thing undergoing rapid change here. Social climates are intrinsically connected to physical climates, and changes within each have profound effects on the daily life, health, and well-being of circumpolar indigenous peoples. This paper describes a collaborative effort between university researchers and community members from five indigenous communities in the circumpolar north aimed at comparing the experiences of indigenous Arctic youth in order to come up with a shared model of indigenous youth resilience. The discussion introduces a sliding scale model that emerged from the comparative data analysis. It illustrates how a "sliding scale" of resilience captures the inherent dynamism of youth strategies for "doing well" and what forces represent positive and negative influences that slide towards either personal and communal resilience or vulnerability. The model of the sliding scale is designed to reflect the contingency and interdependence of resilience and vulnerability and their fluctuations between lowest and highest points based on timing, local situation, larger context, and meaning.
如今，北极地区的人们发现自己处于全球化力量、气候变化和不稳定的自然条件所带来的快速环境变化的前沿。这里变化迅速的不仅仅是天气。社会环境与自然环境有着内在联系，而且每一方面的变化都对环北极地区原住民的日常生活、健康和福祉产生深远影响。本文描述了大学研究人员与北极圈北部五个原住民社区的社区成员之间的合作努力，旨在比较北极原住民青年的经历，以便得出一个关于原住民青年恢复力的共享模型。讨论引入了一个从比较数据分析中得出的滑动量表模型。它说明了恢复力的“滑动量表”如何捕捉青年“过得好”策略的内在活力，以及哪些力量代表了朝着个人和社区恢复力或脆弱性方向滑动的积极和消极影响。滑动量表模型旨在反映恢复力和脆弱性的偶然性和相互依存性，以及它们基于时间、当地情况、更大背景和意义在最低点和最高点之间的波动。
