Recasting Jung Through an Indigenist Approach to Deepen Shared Knowledges of Well-being and Healing on Australian Soils: Protocol for a Qualitative Landscape Research Study

• Published in: JMIR Research Protocols
• Main Authors: Sophie Zaccone, Graham Jamieson, Clara V Murray, Mark J Lock, David Doyle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: JMIR Publications 2022
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics; R858-859.7; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2196/36328; https://doaj.org/article/27789d742667474bb86eae75b5ca8f8d

BackgroundThe colonization of Australia is responsible for complex layers of trauma for the First Nations peoples of the continent. First Nations Australians’ well-being is irrevocably tied to the well-being of the land. The application of a landscape-based approach to collaborative research shows promise in enabling genuine relationships that yield rich and informative data. However, there is a lack of practical evidence in the field of landscape research—research tied to First Nations Australians’ worldviews of landscape. ObjectiveThis study aims to deepen shared knowledges of well-being and healing on Australian soils. We aim to examine ritual co-design as a novel method for deepening these shared knowledges. MethodsThis research comprises a qualitative and participatory action research design operationalized through an Indigenist approach. It is a 2-phase project that is co-designed with First Nations Australians. Phase 1 of this project is a relational study that endeavors to deepen the theory underpinning the project, alongside the development of meaningful and reciprocal community connections. Phase 2 is a series of 3 participatory action research cycles to co-design a new communal ritual. This process seeks to privilege First Nations Australians’ voices and ways of knowing, which are themselves communal, ritual, and symbolic. The framework developed by psychiatrist Carl Jung informs the psychological nature of the enquiry. An Indigenist approach to landscape research recasts the Jungian frame to enable a culturally safe, context-specific, and landscape-based method of qualitative research. ResultsThe research is in the preliminary stages of participant recruitment. It is expected that data collection will commence in late 2022. ConclusionsIt is expected that this qualitative and co-designed project will strengthen the cross-cultural co-designer relationships and that the data gathered from these relationships, and the accompanying practical outcomes, will provide new insight into the interaction between ...