Environmental health, indigenous identity, cultural representations and the production of ecological consciousness in Northern Ontario
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Title: | Environmental health, indigenous identity, cultural representations and the production of ecological consciousness in Northern Ontario |
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Authors: | Marquina Márquez, Alfonso | Vírchez, Jorge | Ruiz-Callado, Raúl |
Research Group/s: | Población, Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo (POMADE) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Sociología I |
Keywords: | Ecocentric self | Healing Movement | Medicine Wheel | Native reserves | Northeastern Ontario |
Knowledge Area: | Sociología | Antropología Social |
Issue Date: | 11-Sep-2012 |
Publisher: | Ontario International Development Agency |
Citation: | MARQUINA, Alfonso; VIRCHEZ, Jorge; RUIZ-CALLADO, Raúl. “Environmental health, indigenous identity, cultural representations and the production of ecological consciousness in Northern Ontario”. OIDA International Journal of Sustainable Development [Online]. Vol. 4 (2012). ISSN 1923-6662 |
Abstract: | The primary goal of this research is to document local perspectives by presenting a set of commentaries and meanings, in the form of narratives, related to environmental health conceptions on an Oji-Cree reserve in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Through an ethnographic case study, this research explores how the modern-day production of a sociocentric and ecocentric self, as ethnic marker and moral category, is contributing to environmental/community health and well-being on Native reserves. Cultural representations of personhood and community based on the Medicine Wheel model, as a cognitive model, create an ontological paradigm that promotes a holistic foundation for human behaviour and interaction, as well as healthy, sustainable communities. |
Sponsor: | The research upon which this paper was based was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (ref. I+D+i SEJ2005-09344/SOCI) and the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (ref. I+D+i CURA/NORTHERN). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/23996 |
ISSN: | 1923-6662 (Online) | 1923-6654 (Print) |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | Licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento 3.0 |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://www.ssrn.com/link/OIDA-Intl-Journal-Sustainable-Dev.html |
Appears in Collections: | INV - PMD - Artículos de Revistas INV - OBSOEDU - Artículos de Revistas INV - SOC-INNOVA - Artículos de Revistas |
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