10 Years of AlterNative!
The latest issue of the journal (Volume 10, issue 3) is now available online and in print.
Topics in this issue are extremely diverse and cover Latin American history, indigenous education, identity, social movements, historical and intergenerational trauma, game design, research ethics in health and ageing research and environmental impact assessment.
The lead article in this issue by Eric Rodrigo Meringer, can be accessed for free, and provides an alternative interpretation of 20th century Miskitu social activism by focussing on a so far understudied period in Nicaragua’s history, the 1950s to the 1970s.
Two of the seven articles theorise about strategies of indigenous resistance, whilst a further two articles look at historical and intergenerational trauma. Leonie Pihama (University of Waikato) and co-authors explore the significance of historical trauma theory and the relevance of this theory to Māori research. Pihama et al. argue that historical trauma theory is a useful framework for articulating and understanding Māori historical trauma and health disparities and also opens up pathways which lead to recovery and healing.
Elizabeth LaPensée, researcher, game designer and author of the article “Survivance as an indigenously determined game,” demonstrates such possibilities of healing from historical trauma by writing about the creation and impact of her social impact game Survivance. This game honours storytelling and art as a means to restoring the wellbeing of its indigenous players.
Questions around research ethics such as ethical research relationships and respect for indigenous peoples’ language and culture are central to Mere Kepa’s and co-authors’ article on health and ageing research - and a further contribution from New Zealand by Elizabeth Wambrauw and Te Kipa Kepa Brian Morgan, proposes the use of the Mauri Model decision making framework as useful for assessing the equitable distribution of infrastructure development in Asmat, Southern Papua.
Go to the AlterNative website to view all the new articles in this latest issue, as well as get the FREE ACCESS to the lead article by Eric Meringer!
http://www.alternative.ac.nz/journal/alternative-volume-10-issue-3
He Kōrero | Our Stories
Natalie Netzler is investigating the anti-viral properties of Samoan plants and is interested in researching the anti-viral properties of rongoā, in partnership with Māori practitioners.
Neuroscientist Nicole Edwards is establishing her own lab at the University of Auckland and is eager to tautoko students interested in a career in brain research.
AUT senior lecturer Deborah Heke encourages wāhine Māori to cherish their connection with te taiao.