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Culture and Psychology
Indigenous and Pacific Psychologies
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/07/2017

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What is Indigenous Psychologies
Definition
Indigenous psychology is characterised by critical challenges to the dominance of American psychological knowledge, and by indigenous peoples’ demands for a voice in decisions that impact on their futures.
- Acknowledging the idea that psychological knowledge has been generated by those in power, and imposed on all others, including minority groups
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Objectives of Indigenous Psychologies
Definition
- Further advance a psychology of indigenous peoples
- Develop a psychology that is not imposed or imported from elsewhere
- Consider the multiple contexts in which people live. We have indigenous people who live in their original countries, those who have moved and spread overseas (forced or unforced)
- Develop knowledge within and alongside cultures using a variety of methods.
- Produce locally relevant psychological knowledge. Identifying the needs of a community and producing knowledge that will be directly beneficial to that particular community
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Pacific Peoples in NZ Statistics
Definition
- Majority born in NZ – 62.3%, particularly in younger age groups
- Youthful: Median age 22.1 years (very youthful)
- Increasingly multi-ethnic (don’t identify with one Pacific single group)
- 79.7% identify with at least one religion (55% NZ pop)
- By 2038, Pacific peoples will make up 10.8% of NZ population.

Each nation historically had different relationships with NZ. Different rates of language use – decline of language use of those communities.
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History – The dawn raids
Definition
- Economic decline, which resulted in politicians looking for escape goats so blames immigration.
- Migration was blamed for the economic crisis
- Crackdown on illegal over stayers from the Pacific - Labour then National
- Of those who were arrested for overstaying their duration of the visa, 86% were Pacific. However, the majority of over stayers were from UK, Australia and South Africa. So clear discrimination was clear.
- Damage of race-relations. Videos created by politicians to falsely identify immigrants as being responsible for taking all the jobs, and framed them as problematic trouble makers
- Damaging to relationships within NZ system

Historical contexts contribute to ethnic disparities in health, justice, education and employment.
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Pacific Culture Characteristics
Definition
- Collectivist (hierarchical)
- Interdependent self-concept
- Extended family
- Geronotocratic
- Spiritual/Religiosity
- Indirect Communication
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Western Culture Characteristics
Definition
- Individualist
- Independent self-concept
- Nuclear family
- Democratic
- Secular/Religious
- Direct Communication
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What are Pacific Psychologies?
Definition
Not yet clearly defined, however there are shared understandings:

- Holistic
- Religion and spirituality
- Family oriented
- Being aware of acculturative processes that Pacific people have gone through
Term
What is Fonofale?
Definition
Architecture of the phalle represents different aspects of the person you should take in to consideration.
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What does the Roof in Fonofale represent?
Definition
CULTURE
- Values + beliefs that shelter
- Cultures within particular families.
- Cultures adopted in NZ and Pacific born
- Dynamic understanding of culture that changes depending in the situation you are in
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What does the Foundation in Fonofale represent?
Definition
FAMILY
- The stronger the foundation of the family, the stronger the support network will be
- Kopu Tangata / Aiga / Kaiga / Magafaoa
- Nuclear – Extended family
- Bound by kinship, titles, marriage, partnerships.
- History and genealogy in the foundation/family ties them to titles/lands/motu/sea
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What does the Pou (post) 1 in Fonofale represent?
Definition
PHYSICAL (Connects the foundation and roof)
- Biological or physical wellbeing.
- Anatomy, physiology, nutrition, medication
- Positive/negative impacts
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What does the Pou (post) 2 in Fonofale represent?
Definition
SPIRITUAL (Connects the foundation and roof)
- Wellbeing that stems from a belief system
- Christianity, spirituality
- Ancestors, beliefs, histories or a combination
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What does the Pou (post) 3 in Fonofale represent?
Definition
MENTAL (Connects the foundation and roof)
- Wellbeing and health of the mind
- Thinking, emotions, expressed behaviours
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What does the Pou (post) 4 in Fonofale represent?
Definition
OTHER
- Direct/indirect influences
- Gender, sexuality, age, socioeconomic status, education, employment

All posts interact with each other as well as interacting with our culture and our family.
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What does the Surroundings of the Fonofale represent?
Definition
1. ENVIRONMENT- (Relationships to the physical environment. Rural - Urban)

2. TIME -(Actual or specific time in history that impacts Pacific peoples. Contemporary issues. Future)

3. CONTEXT - (Where/how/what and the meaning it has for a person or people. NZ or Pacific context. Country or residence, legal, politics, socioeconomic)
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Core elements of Pacific approaches to health & Wellbeing
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