Landin’ the Spirit: Indigenous Knowledge on Healing and Wellbeing
A special issue of Genealogy (ISSN 2313-5778).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 March 2021) | Viewed by 29176
Special Issue Editors
Interests: Métis and Indigenous identity; response-based practice; extended systems of family therapy
Interests: indigenous youth; youth empowerment; self-determination; cultural teachings; oral tradition; reclamation of spaces; prevention; land-based learning
Interests: adoption and critical adoption theory; indigenous and multicultural youth; youth empowerment; self-determination; cultural teachings; reclamation of spaces; oral histories; violence against women and girls
Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
This Special Issue of Genealogy (Landin’ the Spirit!) invites essays and reflections on the topic of “Indigenous Healers and Traditional Healing Knowledge”. We invite contributors to participate in a 2-day retreat in September 2020 where we will make space for Indigenous healers to meet, exchange, and reflect on their practice. We also view healing as a form of resistance and resilience for Indigenous peoples and approach traditional healing in a wider scope, including individual practices, community-based initiatives, cultural and land-based approaches, etc.
They will also participate in a one-day conference at Concordia University, open to the public. In this talk, they will share their knowledges and engage with local scholars and healers through examples, reflections, and ritual/ceremony.
We invite specific Indigenous healers from Aotearoa (New Zealand), Canada (Saskatchewan and Quebec), and Venezuela to offer their perspectives on the role of traditional healing methods in contemporary settings.
Some potential areas of focus may include the following:
- Traditional healing methods
- Ceremonies and rituals
- Spirituality
- Resistance and resilience
- Cultural connection
- Land-based healing and teaching
- Indigenous knowledge
- Oral history and stories
- Art and music
- Community care
Dr. Catherine Richardson
Ms. Veronique Picard
Ms. Zeina Allouche
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Indigenous healing
- traditional healing methods
- healers
- Indigenous perspectives
- response-based practice
- land-based healing
- resistance
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