Community Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway Faculty of Health Sciences, Tromsø, Norway.
General Practice Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Trondheim, Norway.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2023 Dec;60(6):985-996. doi: 10.1177/13634615231202094. Epub 2023 Sep 27.
Haitian expressions of resilience also hold deep knowledge of human vulnerability. This longitudinal, qualitative study with young Haitians from urban shantytowns combines ethnographic and participatory methods to explore the complexities behind such idioms. Artistic and creative products made by or with the youth facilitated interviews, focus group discussions, and workshops. Through the life stories of participants and rich ethnographic material, this study presents locally situated idioms of resilience (and distress). By including local social ecology, the idioms were framed as historically and culturally rooted, thus shaping contextual, pragmatic, and gendered coping strategies grounded in embodied experiences of vulnerability and resistance. The study adds essential insights into Haitian resilience, revealing the local logics behind seemingly paradoxical statements. By drafting a conceptual framework for further studies on idioms of resilience, the study also makes a theoretical contribution to international resilience research.
海地人的韧性表达也深刻体现了人类的脆弱性。这项针对来自城市棚户区的年轻海地人的纵向、定性研究结合了民族志和参与式方法，以探讨这些习语背后的复杂性。青年创作或参与创作的艺术和创意产品促进了访谈、焦点小组讨论和研讨会。通过参与者的生活故事和丰富的民族志材料，本研究呈现了当地的韧性（和困境）习语。通过纳入当地的社会生态，这些习语被框定为具有历史和文化根源的，从而形成了基于脆弱性和抵抗的身体经验的情境化、务实和性别化的应对策略。该研究为海地的韧性提供了重要的见解，揭示了看似矛盾的陈述背后的当地逻辑。通过为进一步研究韧性习语制定一个概念框架，该研究也为国际韧性研究做出了理论贡献。
