Kelsey Timler
Biographic Data
| ID | 185990 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelsey Timler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelsey |
| FAMILY NAME | Timler |
| SIGNATURE | TIMLER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5825-9670 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Protest pizzas
How and when can pizza be a protest? The potentials of food-in-action for cultural resurgence and community building amongst criminalized peoples are significant. That being said, attention to the ways carceral logics divide and isolate us is needed to avoid romanticizing food-based research and programming and perpetuating harmful power structures within and beyond prison walls. In a nutshell, activist research in and against carceral contexts i…
Moving at the Speed of Trust
In this paper we describe the considerations, processes and resulting insights of a trauma-informed Participatory Action Research (PAR) storytelling workshop which aimed to support healing and dignity through strengths-based writing and storytelling with and for people who have been incarcerated in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Activist scholars walked alongside Facilitators and participating Storytellers as a mechanism to offer supports and wel…
Distorted Thinking or Distorted Realities? The Social Construction of Anxiety for Women in Neoliberal Late-Stage Capitalism
Anxiety disorders are one of the most prevalent mental disorders globally, and 63% of those diagnoses are of women. Although widely acknowledged across health disciplines and news and social media outlets, the majority of attention has left assumptions underlying women's anxiety in the twenty-first century unquestioned. Drawing on my own experiences of anxiety, I will the explore both concept and diagnosis in the Western world. Reflecting on my o…
A m x same’ su sa ‘Nawalakw (the supernatural spirit wraps around us)
In this article, we share findings from a community-based Participatory Action Research project, titled Sanala, which means to be whole in Kwak’wala—the language of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak̓wala-speaking people; a First Nation from what is now called Canada). In response to community priorities, the Sanala team initiated regalia as a weekly programme where people from the ‘Namgis tribe and other surrounding Kwakwaka’wakw Nations on the northwest c…
Laughing behind bars
Stand-up comedians provide insight into human positionalities, offer poignant social critiques, and can bring sensitive and uncomfortable subjects to the forefront of public discourse, including discussions around mental illness. Historically, however, the industry has relied on the stigmatization and marginalization of Others. Jokes about criminality, arrests, and incarceration are widespread across stand-up and other entertainment mediums, thou…
"Healing on Both Sides"
This mixed methods study examined the impact of a prison–community partnership, entitled Work 2 Give. The partnership supports a program in which federally incarcerated men in Canada make items to donate to Indigenous communities. Qualitative interviews were conducted with participating men (n = 32), recipient community members (n = 29), and other prison and community stakeholders (n = 14). Selected outcomes (transfers to higher security, success…
Gardening in Ashes
In this paper, we will discuss gardening as a relationship with nature and an ongoing process to support Indigenous health and well-being in the context of the climate crisis and increasingly widespread forest fires. We will explore the concept of gardening as both a Euro-Western agriculture practice and as a longstanding Indigenous practice-wherein naturally occurring gardens are tended in relationship and related to a wider engagement with the …
Growing Beyond Nutrition
Many Indigenous communities in Canada experience disproportionate rates of food insecurity and diet-related diseases impacted by historic and ongoing colonialism. Barriers to health and wellbeing associated with ongoing colonial processes also have resulted in inequities for Indigenous peoples within the criminal justice system. A prison garden program in British Columbia, Canada, attempts to address inmate rehabilitation and Indigenous community…
Growing Under an Acacia Tree
Although fieldwork is foundational to socio-cultural anthropology, field methods are rarely incorporated into undergraduate classroom curricula. Drawing on experiences from a semester-long field school in East Africa, we provide a student’s perspective on the importance of fieldwork. We argue that bringing the field into the classroom will work to enrich students’ theoretical understanding, enhance practical skills within and beyond anthropology,…
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Growing Under an Acacia Tree
Although fieldwork is foundational to socio-cultural anthropology, field methods are rarely incorporated into undergraduate classroom curricula. Drawing on experiences from a semester-long field school in East Africa, we provide a student’s perspective on the importance of fieldwork. We argue that bringing the field into the classroom will work to enrich students’ theoretical understanding, enhance practical skills within and beyond anthropology,…
Growing Beyond Nutrition
Many Indigenous communities in Canada experience disproportionate rates of food insecurity and diet-related diseases impacted by historic and ongoing colonialism. Barriers to health and wellbeing associated with ongoing colonial processes also have resulted in inequities for Indigenous peoples within the criminal justice system. A prison garden program in British Columbia, Canada, attempts to address inmate rehabilitation and Indigenous community…
"Healing on Both Sides"
This mixed methods study examined the impact of a prison–community partnership, entitled Work 2 Give. The partnership supports a program in which federally incarcerated men in Canada make items to donate to Indigenous communities. Qualitative interviews were conducted with participating men (n = 32), recipient community members (n = 29), and other prison and community stakeholders (n = 14). Selected outcomes (transfers to higher security, success…
Gardening in Ashes
In this paper, we will discuss gardening as a relationship with nature and an ongoing process to support Indigenous health and well-being in the context of the climate crisis and increasingly widespread forest fires. We will explore the concept of gardening as both a Euro-Western agriculture practice and as a longstanding Indigenous practice-wherein naturally occurring gardens are tended in relationship and related to a wider engagement with the …
A m x same’ su sa ‘Nawalakw (the supernatural spirit wraps around us)
In this article, we share findings from a community-based Participatory Action Research project, titled Sanala, which means to be whole in Kwak’wala—the language of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak̓wala-speaking people; a First Nation from what is now called Canada). In response to community priorities, the Sanala team initiated regalia as a weekly programme where people from the ‘Namgis tribe and other surrounding Kwakwaka’wakw Nations on the northwest c…
Laughing behind bars
Stand-up comedians provide insight into human positionalities, offer poignant social critiques, and can bring sensitive and uncomfortable subjects to the forefront of public discourse, including discussions around mental illness. Historically, however, the industry has relied on the stigmatization and marginalization of Others. Jokes about criminality, arrests, and incarceration are widespread across stand-up and other entertainment mediums, thou…
Distorted Thinking or Distorted Realities? The Social Construction of Anxiety for Women in Neoliberal Late-Stage Capitalism
Anxiety disorders are one of the most prevalent mental disorders globally, and 63% of those diagnoses are of women. Although widely acknowledged across health disciplines and news and social media outlets, the majority of attention has left assumptions underlying women's anxiety in the twenty-first century unquestioned. Drawing on my own experiences of anxiety, I will the explore both concept and diagnosis in the Western world. Reflecting on my o…
Protest pizzas
How and when can pizza be a protest? The potentials of food-in-action for cultural resurgence and community building amongst criminalized peoples are significant. That being said, attention to the ways carceral logics divide and isolate us is needed to avoid romanticizing food-based research and programming and perpetuating harmful power structures within and beyond prison walls. In a nutshell, activist research in and against carceral contexts i…
Moving at the Speed of Trust
In this paper we describe the considerations, processes and resulting insights of a trauma-informed Participatory Action Research (PAR) storytelling workshop which aimed to support healing and dignity through strengths-based writing and storytelling with and for people who have been incarcerated in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Activist scholars walked alongside Facilitators and participating Storytellers as a mechanism to offer supports and wel…
Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Context (archaeology (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Prison (3 works)