I base my life on sadness

Apparently paradoxical sources of resilience among young Haitians

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2395566
AutoresKristine Elvevold Andreassen (0000-0001-8596-229X, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, autor de correspondencia), Anna Luise Kirkengen (0000-0001-7186-5974, Norwegian University of Science and Technology), May-Lill Johansen (0000-0003-3623-0089, UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
Año2023
Volumen60
Número6
Páginas985-996
Fecha de publicación2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTranscultural Psychiatric Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0041-1108 • E-ISSN: 0315-4386
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13634615231202094
PMID37753635
OpenAlexW4387077090
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas44

Haitian expressions of resilience also hold deep knowledge of human vulnerability. This longitudinal, qualitative study with young Haitians from urban shantytowns combines ethnographic and participatory methods to explore the complexities behind such idioms. Artistic and creative products made by or with the youth facilitated interviews, focus group discussions, and workshops. Through the life stories of participants and rich ethnographic material, this study presents locally situated idioms of resilience (and distress). By including local social ecology, the idioms were framed as historically and culturally rooted, thus shaping contextual, pragmatic, and gendered coping strategies grounded in embodied experiences of vulnerability and resistance. The study adds essential insights into Haitian resilience, revealing the local logics behind seemingly paradoxical statements. By drafting a conceptual framework for further studies on idioms of resilience, the study also makes a theoretical contribution to international resilience research

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