Operationalising the capability approach: developing culturally relevant indicators of indigenous wellbeing – an Australian example

Yap, Mandy; Yu, Eunice

doi:10.1080/13600818.2016.1178223

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“…Exploring, documenting and understanding the lived experiences of Indigenous Australians with intellectual disability currently and formerly in the Australian prison system (including investigating understandings of health, well-being and human rights (and potential rejection of Western notions of rights)), and enabling their aspirations and self-determination to frame and lead research processes and analyses, will be key (Yap and Yu 2016;Gale 2016;Lee 2016;Mazel 2016;Holcombe 2015). This is in line with the central principle underlying disability-inclusive development: Nothing about us without us.…”

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confidence: 79%

Indigenous Australians, Intellectual Disability and Incarceration: A Confluence of Rights Violations

Brolan

Harley

2018

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This article reviews the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians with intellectual disability in the Australian prison system through a human rights lens. There is an information gap on this group of Australian prisoners in the health and disability literature and the multi-disciplinary criminal law and human rights law literature. This article will consider the context of Indigenous imprisonment in Australia and examine the status of prisoner health in that country, as well as the status of the health and wellbeing of prisoners with intellectual disability. It will then specifically explore the health, wellbeing and impact of imprisonment on Indigenous Australians with intellectual disability, and highlight how intersectional rights deficits (including health and human rights deficits) causally impact the ability of Indigenous Australians with intellectual disability to access due process, equal recognition and justice in the criminal justice and prison system. A central barrier to improving intersectional and discriminatory landscapes relating to health, human rights and justice for Indigenous Australian inmates with intellectual disability, and prisoners with intellectual disability more broadly in the Australian context, is the lack of sufficient governance and accountability mechanisms (including Indigenous-led mechanisms) to enforce the operationalisation of consistent, transparent, culturally responsive, rights-based remedies.

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Section: Suggestions and Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 79%

Indigenous Australians, Intellectual Disability and Incarceration: A Confluence of Rights Violations

Brolan

Harley

2018

Laws

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“…This is part of the process of talking together (Christakis & Flanagan, 2010). Atkinson (2002) and Dobson (2012) stress the importance of listening carefully and building relationships of trust over time -this is all a sine qua non for collaborative engagement to underpin the capabilities approach (Yap & Yu, 2016). Pragmatically the challenge is to find a way to achieve better outcomes that draw on local wisdom and experience to re-generate the community and the environment on which they depend.…”

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Efforts to inspire transformative research with farmers in a small town in the North West Province of South Africa

McIntyre‐Mills

Karel

Arko-Achemfuor

et al. 2019

International Journal for Transformative Research

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The project review as outlined in this article explores the questions: What is transformative research and what is transformation as far as the community stakeholders are concerned? To what extent has the transformative research achieved its intended outcomes? The Bokamoso project (founded by Lesego Serolong as facilitator and investor) is an integrated development project designed to create employment and to enable the community to learn while they make a living through a diverse range of farming activities. The participatory research as discussed here is part of the University of South Africa’s research and community engagement programme, and is set in a remote, arid zone. This research coupled with community engagement aims to transform lives and create opportunities by enhancing their participation in education, training and employment creation. The project (which has been running since 2015) supports indigenous ways of being, knowing and doing and has succeeded in enabling the farmers trained through Bokamoso to be less dependent on social benefits (government grants).

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“…While the categories included in the OECD well-being framework are potentially relevant, it is clear that some type of assets which are unique to Indigenous communities deserve more attention, particularly those related to social, cultural, political and natural capital. It is important to be aware that a narrow view of development based on predefined objective outcomes is limited, as it ignores dimensions of well-being that are specific to Indigenous communities and places too much emphasis on development gaps with respect to other parts of society that may have different goals and aspirations (Sangha et al, 2015;Yap and Yu, 2016). For example, how economic development can │ 19…”

Section: Measuring Indigenous Well-being and Developmentmentioning

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Indigenous economic development and well-being in a place-based context

McDonald¹,

Moreno-Monroy²,

Springare³

2019

OECD Regional Development Working Papers

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This paper adapts the OECD Regional Development framework to places with an Indigenous population. It identifies the importance of flexibility in geographic scale for organising policies for Indigenous communities, development objectives that reflect the self-determined and informed choices of Indigenous peoples, and implementing strategies for development based on the identification of local assets.The OECD is a multi-disciplinary inter-governmental organisation of 36 member countries which engages in its work an increasing number of non-members from all regions of the world. The Organisation's core mission today is to help governments work together towards a stronger, cleaner, fairer global economy. Through its network of 250 specialised committees and working groups, the OECD provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice, and coordinate domestic and international policies. ABOUT THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKING PAPERSWorking papers from the Regional Development Policy Division of the OECD cover a full range of topics including regional statistics and analysis, urban governance and economics, rural governance and economics, and multi-level governance. Depending on the programme of work, the papers can cover specific topics such as regional innovation and networks, the determinants of regional growth or fiscal consolidation at the sub-national level.

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Operationalising the capability approach: developing culturally relevant indicators of indigenous wellbeing – an Australian example

Cited by 125 publications

References 29 publications

Indigenous Australians, Intellectual Disability and Incarceration: A Confluence of Rights Violations

Indigenous Australians, Intellectual Disability and Incarceration: A Confluence of Rights Violations

Efforts to inspire transformative research with farmers in a small town in the North West Province of South Africa

Indigenous economic development and well-being in a place-based context

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