DSpace Community:https://hdl.handle.net/2440/37692024-03-29T01:00:57Z2024-03-29T01:00:57ZAnalysing the Inconsistent Recognition of Indigenous Rights in Early Childhood Policy Documents from the Australian Government’s "Closing the Gap" Strategy Between 2008-2018George, E.Mackean, T.Fisher, M.Baum, F.https://hdl.handle.net/2440/1404302024-02-27T02:38:12Z2023-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Analysing the Inconsistent Recognition of Indigenous Rights in Early Childhood Policy Documents from the Australian Government’s "Closing the Gap" Strategy Between 2008-2018
Author: George, E.; Mackean, T.; Fisher, M.; Baum, F.
Abstract: <jats:p>We analysed Australian government strategic policy documents related to the "Closing the Gap" (CTG) strategy in early childhood circa 2008-2018 to explore the extent to which Indigenous rights are named and recognised in written policy. Our analysis of the policies was informed by Bacchi’s What’s the Problem approach and showed inconsistency in the recognition of Indigenous rights. These rights are sometimes undermined and ignored, sometimes implied and sometimes named and recognised. Silences within the CTG strategy are discussed and reveal the ongoing nature of colonisation and deficit framing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities. Findings from this research are relevant for the current era of the "Closing the Gap" strategy.</jats:p>2023-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Benefits of Cooperative Inquiry in Health Services Research: Lessons from an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health StudyFreeman, T.Mackean, T.Sherwood, J.Ziersch, A.O'Donnell, K.Dwyer, J.Askew, D.Shakespeare, M.D'Angelo, S.Fisher, M.Browne, A.Egert, S.Baghbanian, V.Baum, F.https://hdl.handle.net/2440/1403812024-03-21T03:02:21Z2024-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: The Benefits of Cooperative Inquiry in Health Services Research: Lessons from an Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Study
Author: Freeman, T.; Mackean, T.; Sherwood, J.; Ziersch, A.; O'Donnell, K.; Dwyer, J.; Askew, D.; Shakespeare, M.; D'Angelo, S.; Fisher, M.; Browne, A.; Egert, S.; Baghbanian, V.; Baum, F.
Abstract: Health services research is underpinned by partnerships between researchers and health services. Partnership-based research is increasingly needed to deal with the uncertainty of global pandemics, climate change induced severe weather events, and other disruptions. To date there is very little data on what has happened to health services research during the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper describes the establishment of an Australian multistate Decolonising Practice research project and charts its adaptation in the face of disruptions. The project used cooperative inquiry method, where partner health services contribute as coresearchers. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, data collection needed to be immediately paused, and when restrictions started to lift, all research plans had to be renegotiated with services. Adapting the research surfaced health service, university, and staffing considerations. Our experience suggests that cooperative inquiry was invaluable in successfully navigating this uncertainty and negotiating the continuance of the research. Flexible, participatory methods such as cooperative inquiry will continue to be vital for successful health services research predicated on partnerships between researchers and health services into the future. They are also crucial for understanding local context and health services priorities and ways of working, and for decolonising Indigenous health research.
Description: Fist published online December 25, 20232024-01-01T00:00:00ZRecovering from Doing Research as a Survivor ResearcherMichell, D.E.https://hdl.handle.net/2440/1403392024-01-11T06:52:50Z2020-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Recovering from Doing Research as a Survivor Researcher
Author: Michell, D.E.
Abstract: In this paper I explore the research process I undertook to recover from research. For three years from 2013 I was involved in a research project exploring the history of foster care in Australia. At the end I was exhausted and suffering trauma symptoms I initially attributed to the difficulties of juggling a major research project while teaching and undertaking key administrative tasks. Reluctance to write up the research findings, however, made me reconsider this attribution and at the end of 2016 I set out to make sense of what had happened to make me feel so bad while undertaking a research project I was thrilled to be involved with. Recovery came through identifying as a survivor-researcher, exploring the literature on trauma and recovery from trauma, and thinking through a “wish list” of protocols and self-care activities I should have put in place earlier. I conclude the paper with recommendations for ways by which survivorresearchers can look after themselves, and ways for others to support survivor-researchers.2020-01-01T00:00:00ZRural vulnerability, migration, and relocation in mountain areas of western China: An overview of key issues and policy interventionsChen, Y.Tan, Y.Gruschke, A.https://hdl.handle.net/2440/1402922024-01-04T00:45:56Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Rural vulnerability, migration, and relocation in mountain areas of western China: An overview of key issues and policy interventions
Author: Chen, Y.; Tan, Y.; Gruschke, A.
Abstract: Western China features a vast area of mountains and high plateaus where millions of people, including diverse ethnic minority groups, have inhabited for generations. Geographically located in the mountainous, remote, and isolated regions, rural communities are prone to natural hazards and thus become vulnerable to impoverishment. To reduce rural vulnerability, many people residing in mountainous villages opted to out-migrate from their original villages and hometowns while some took in-situ adaptation measures. A host of government-sponsored resettlement programs have been carried out to help rural villagers seek alternative livelihoods elsewhere over the past four decades. To achieve a sustainable future for rural communities in mountainous areas of western China, more effective policies and measures need to be developed and enforced.2021-01-01T00:00:00Z