Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada.
Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Canada.
Soc Sci Med. 2019 Jun;230:122-130. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.04.012. Epub 2019 Apr 13.
Relationships to land and nature have long been recognized globally as a central Indigenous determinant of health. As more Indigenous peoples migrate to larger urban centers, it is crucial to better understand how these relationships are maintained or function within urban spaces. This article outlines the results of a year-long collaborative study that qualitatively explored Indigenous young peoples' connections between "land," nature, and wellness in an urban Canadian context. Thirty-eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 Cree and Métis Indigenous youth living within Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. A strength based analysis focused on re-imagining miyo-wicehtowin; that is, the processes of youths' self-determination and agency that build positive human-nature relationships and enact "land-making" amidst their urban spaces. This research critically engages environmental dispossession and repossession to more readily consider decolonizing land-based approaches to health and wellness among urban contexts. Future empirical and methodological directions for exploring human-nature relationships in urban health research are also offered.
土地和自然关系一直被全球公认为影响健康的一个重要的原住民决定因素。随着越来越多的原住民迁徙到更大的城市中心，了解这些关系在城市空间中是如何维持或发挥作用的至关重要。本文概述了一项为期一年的合作研究的结果，该研究从质化的角度探讨了加拿大萨斯卡通市的原住民年轻人在城市环境中与“土地”、自然和健康之间的联系。研究对 28 名生活在萨斯卡通市的克里族和梅蒂斯族原住民青年进行了 38 次半结构化访谈。一项基于优势的分析侧重于重新想象 miyo-wicehtowin；也就是说，青年自我决定和能动性的过程，这些过程建立了积极的人与自然的关系，并在城市空间中进行“土地塑造”。这项研究批判性地探讨了环境剥夺和重新占有，以便更易于考虑在城市背景下对基于土地的健康和保健方法进行去殖民化。本文还提供了探索城市健康研究中人类与自然关系的未来实证和方法论方向。
