Authorised Voices in the Construction of Wellbeing Discourses: A Reflective Ethnographic Experience in Northern Mexico

Loera-González, Juan Jaime

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“…This research was carried out in the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, also known as the Tarahumara region, which is located in the northern state of Chihuahua [25][26][27]. The ecology of the region consists of a system of deep subtropical canyons, alternating with high mountains up to 3300 m above sea level where around 15 per cent of Mexico's national forest surface lies [28].…”

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“…The biggest group is Rarámuri, one of the largest groups of indigenous peoples in Mexico [29]. The high poverty levels in the Tarahumara region show how the indigenous population is systematically excluded from access to health services and quality public service, land management benefits and access to income, when compared with the non-indigenous population [25,26,28]. Despite the importance of these indigenous communities, this is the first study performed to determine food access throughout the months of adequate household food provisioning (MAHFP) of the communities located in the Sierra Tarahumara.…”

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Food Access and Coping Strategies Adopted by Households to Fight Hunger among Indigenous Communities of Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico

2018

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Households' food access remains a concern primarily in rural households in lower-and middle-income countries. The purpose of this study is to measure food access and to identify the coping strategies in indigenous households of the communities of Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico. The representative sample was made up of 123 households from 38 communities. The survey was conducted face to face during the winter season between February and March 2015. Since all respondents only speak the Tarahumara language, authors were assisted by translators. The level of access to food was low in 54.47% of households. The main coping strategies used by households were rationing and augmenting short-term household food availability. Bivariate analyses were used, with Chi-square (χ 2 ) test suggesting that coping strategies associated with food access included: reliance on less expensive foods, purchasing food on credit, limiting portion size at meal times, skipping meals, and restricting consumption of adults to secure children's intake. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test indicated that the income derived from various households are identical across all food access levels. We conclude that the indigenous households did experience difficulties in obtaining food.

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Food Access and Coping Strategies Adopted by Households to Fight Hunger among Indigenous Communities of Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico

2018

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“…Human beings always live on the basis of some understanding of what is a life worth striving forthat is to say, the good life [11]. Understandings of the good life have evolved throughout history [29,34,49,58,72] and differ across societies and cultures [45,53,77]. But even within a given contemporary society or culture, multiple understandings co-exist [45,54].…”

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“…Understandings of the good life have evolved throughout history [29,34,49,58,72] and differ across societies and cultures [45,53,77]. But even within a given contemporary society or culture, multiple understandings co-exist [45,54]. The diversity of meanings of living well highlights the social construction of our understandings of the good life.…”

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“…The social spaces in which interactions happen shape the creation, maintenance, evolution, and dispute of good life understandings by encouraging certain language and interaction choices while hindering others [25]. Discourse-based studies carried out in relation to young people's understandings of wellbeing highlight the role played by discursive repertoires in enabling understandings [61], the importance of context in making repertoires available [54], and the struggle of establishing understandings [45].…”

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Young people, good life narratives, and sustainable futures: the case of Instagram

2020

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Background: Young people's processes of meaning-making in relation to what it means to live well are supported by the shared understandings of the good life that are available in their particular sociocultural and historical contexts. These understandings are tied to questions of environmental impact and social justice, as each 'good life' entails different levels of material throughput and some may undermine the ability of others to pursue their chosen 'good lives'. This paper draws on the insights from an exploration of Instagram posts tagged #goodlife to consider the role of Instagram in the constitution of good life narratives that are available to young people. Using network analysis tools, the researchers analyse the relationships between themes of hashtags appearing on 793 posts tagged #goodlife. The findings from the thematic approach to network analysis are used to support a thematic qualitative exploration of a subsample of 200 of the posts. Findings: The paper gives an overview of three good life narratives that can be found on the platform: the good life of the self-made affluent entrepreneur, the good life of the world-traveller, the good life as shared experience. Additionally, it highlights the differing levels of popularity of each narrative on the platform, and considers their respective implications for environmental and social sustainability. The paper then provides a conceptual reading of the platform that enables considerations relating to its place in the creation and maintenance of good life narratives. Conceptualising Instagram as a social conversation, the paper suggests that adequate participation on the platform may require engaging in less sustainable practices. Conclusions: The paper concludes by arguing that while the most popular narratives on the platform are less likely to support sustainable lifestyles, more sustainable understandings of living well are also promoted by users.

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Well-Being: A Framework to Assess Relationships in Policy Implementation

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2021

Relational Well-Being in Policy Implementation in Mexico

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Authorised Voices in the Construction of Wellbeing Discourses: A Reflective Ethnographic Experience in Northern Mexico

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Food Access and Coping Strategies Adopted by Households to Fight Hunger among Indigenous Communities of Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico

Food Access and Coping Strategies Adopted by Households to Fight Hunger among Indigenous Communities of Sierra Tarahumara in Mexico

Young people, good life narratives, and sustainable futures: the case of Instagram

Well-Being: A Framework to Assess Relationships in Policy Implementation

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