Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Dallas, USA.
Cultural Survival, Cambridge, USA.
Glob Public Health. 2022 Nov;17(11):2665-2675. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2058049. Epub 2022 Mar 31.
In this article, we consider the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous Peoples (IPs) by reporting on information-gathering work across two non-governmental and Indigenous organisations to compensate where federal systems failed. Strategies IPs have employed to understand and respond to the pandemic, and described here, include: collaborative efforts across communities intra- and inter-nationally; open-source data platforms; and small-scale epidemiological research. Our review exposes the informational politics faced by Indigenous organisations and communities, and their struggle to pursue needed resources or protections while avoiding the critiques of 'post-neoliberal' and 'science denialism'. We conclude by suggesting ways that Indigenous communities improve our understanding of their needs during public health crises, and maintain both informational and medical self-governance.
在本文中，我们通过报告两个非政府组织和土著组织的信息收集工作，来考虑 COVID-19 大流行对土著人民（IP）的影响，以弥补联邦系统的失败。土著人民为了解和应对这一大流行病而采用的战略包括：社区之间的跨国和国际合作；开源数据平台；以及小规模的流行病学研究。我们的审查揭示了土著组织和社区所面临的信息政治问题，以及他们在争取所需资源或保护的同时，避免受到“后新自由主义”和“科学否认主义”批评的困境。最后，我们提出了一些建议，以便土著社区在公共卫生危机期间改善我们对其需求的理解，并保持信息和医疗自治。
