Cultural Psychology - Lecture 5: Indigenous and Pacific Psychologies Flashcards
Where are indigenous psychologies produced and what type of knowledge does it produce?
- Develop psychologies that are not imposed or imported.
- Influenced by the cultural contexts in which people live.
- Developed within culture using a variety of methods.
- Produces locally relevant psychological knowledge
- > Not based within western paradime of psychology - looks at how ppl are influenced by cultural context in which they live
Indigenous Psychologies definition
The study of mind and behaviour that is developed within indigenous frames of reference.
Difference between cultural psychology and indigenous psychologies
Cultural is embedded in a western paradime of thinking, whereas indigenous psychologies are to do with indigenous frames of reference
Why is indigenous psychologies plural?
Because there are multiple indigenous populations around the world, therefore the possibility of multiple indigenous psychologies that can be developed
What knowledge do we carry which is passed on from our elders?
Our cultural values
What can approaches in Pacific psychology be used to understand?
Other cultural or indigenous psychologies
Pacific ppl are over-represented in a lot of negative mental health indices - what is important for psychologists to do in regards to this?
Understand why these disparities exist and try to think of ways as to how to approach mental health in ways it resonates with Pacific communities
Ethnic Inequalities - Rates of diagnosis are lower than rates of symptoms we see in the population - what causes this?
Differences in access to MH services/ways that MH professionals engage with communities to support them
This is largely due to how the health system is designed -> social/economic/structural barriers which may prevent people from accessing MH services
Quick Facts about Pacific Peoples in NZ (2013 Census)
- 7.4% of NZ population - 295,941
- 10.3% by 2038
- 62.3% Born in NZ
- 79.7% Religious
- Median age -22.1 years
Umbrella terms for diverse communities
Pacific / Pasifika / Polynesian / PI
Population Structure Graphs - Pacific -> what does it show and consequence
Very youthful population -> bulges/dents are usually ppl in mid 20s/30s that either leave the country or come in
- > Important to consider that when go out to work/OE - communities are a representation for now for what the country looks like
- > Power by numbers - misrepresentation of PI communities exist simply due to issue of demographic makeup
History - The early days
NZ relations with Pacific neighbours Niue & Cook Islands Samoa Pacific migration ‘60s – ’70s The “Pacific Islander”
History - The dawn raid
Economic decline
Crackdown on illegal overstayers from the Pacific
Labour then National
86% arrested for overstaying were Pacific
Majority of overstayers were from UK, Australia and South Africa
Discriminatory approach -> Damage of ethnic relations
History - The emerging Pacific
Subsequent generations born in NZ in an increasingly multicultural context
Identity influences
Historical context marked by acculturative processes, colonisation, and discriminatory practices
Links maintained with Pacific homelands
What do historical contexts contribute to?
Historical contexts contribute to ethnic disparities in health, justice, education and employment
