Seeing Jigamy; using an arts-based method to explore the meaning of place for an aboriginal community controlled organisation on the South Coast of NSW

Kathleen Clapham; Kate Senior; Marlene Longbottom; Valerie Harwood; Bronwyn Fredericks; Dawn Bessarab; Peter Kelly; Bronte Haynes; Fiona Sheppeard; Kaitlen Wellington

Wellbeing, Space and Society (Jan 2024)

Seeing Jigamy; using an arts-based method to explore the meaning of place for an aboriginal community controlled organisation on the South Coast of NSW

Kathleen Clapham,
Kate Senior,
Marlene Longbottom,
Valerie Harwood,
Bronwyn Fredericks,
Dawn Bessarab,
Peter Kelly,
Bronte Haynes,
Fiona Sheppeard,
Kaitlen Wellington

Affiliations

Kathleen Clapham: Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia; Corresponding author: Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Kate Senior: School of Humanities, Creative Industries and Social Science, College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Marlene Longbottom: Indigenous Education and Research, James Cook University, Cairns, Qld, Australia
Valerie Harwood: Sydney School of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Bronwyn Fredericks: Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous Engagement), University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia
Dawn Bessarab: Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
Peter Kelly: School of Psychology, Faculty of the Arts Social Science and Humanities, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Bronte Haynes: Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Fiona Sheppeard: Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Kaitlen Wellington: Ngarruwan Ngadju First Peoples Health and Wellbeing Research Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6
p. 100191

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The relationship between health and place is often difficult to articulate. This paper explores the use of community mapping to understand the meaning of place for members of an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation on the South Coast of NSW. The paper demonstrates that engagement in this arts-based method allows people to think deeply about place to construct a multilayered visual narrative which encompasses history, current experience, and future hopes and in doing so contributes to a critical understanding of place.

Published in Wellbeing, Space and Society

ISSN: 2666-5581 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Human ecology. Anthropogeography; Social Sciences: Social sciences (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/wellbeing-space-and-society/

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