I base my life on sadness

Apparently paradoxical sources of resilience among young Haitians

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2395566
AutoresKristine Elvevold Andreassen (0000-0001-8596-229X, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, autor correspondente), 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)
Ano2023
Volume60
Fascículo6
Páginas985-996
Data de publicação2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTranscultural Psychiatric Research Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0041-1108 • E-ISSN: 0315-4386
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/13634615231202094
PMID37753635
OpenAlexW4387077090
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências 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

Citizen journalism · Coping (psychology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Ethnography · Focus group · Grounded theory · Political science · Qualitative research · Resistance (ecology · Situated · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Anthropology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Ecology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health · Social Psychology