Institute of Health and Sport, Victoria University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia.
Am J Community Psychol. 2019 Sep;64(1-2):46-58. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12367. Epub 2019 Jul 31.
Researchers and practitioners in community psychology have an important role to play in supporting decolonial work including promoting opportunities for reclamation, healing, and acknowledgment of history. In this article, we discuss research undertaken alongside a community arts and cultural development project that sought to support Aboriginal people in Western Australian to create an archive of their stories for current and future generations; stories that could serve as resources for healing, reclamation, and for examining a painful and unjust past. Narrative approaches have been promoted in community psychology to advance empowerment research and practice alongside marginalized, excluded, and minoritized groups. We report on findings from a critical narrative inquiry of the stories shared through the project and in conversational interviews with four Noongar Elders to explicate the history and ongoing legacy of racialized oppression in their lives as well as cultural continuity and survival evident in the stories. Community researchers and practitioners can play a role in amplifying those stories as part of the co-intentional work of decolonization.
社区心理学的研究人员和从业者在支持非殖民化工作方面发挥着重要作用，包括为重新占有、治愈和承认历史创造机会。在本文中，我们讨论了一项社区艺术和文化发展项目的研究，该项目旨在支持西澳大利亚的原住民为子孙后代创建一个他们的故事档案；这些故事可以作为治愈、重新占有和审视痛苦和不公正过去的资源。叙事方法已在社区心理学中得到推广，以支持赋权研究和实践，同时支持边缘化、被排斥和少数群体。我们报告了通过该项目分享的故事以及与四位努南（Noongar）长老的对话访谈中的批判性叙事研究结果，以阐明他们生活中种族压迫的历史和持续影响，以及故事中明显的文化连续性和生存。社区研究人员和从业者可以在扩大这些故事方面发挥作用，作为非殖民化的共同意图工作的一部分。
