2024 Robin Winkler Lecture - Mental Health is Political

Описание: The 2024 Robin Winkler Lecture was presented by UWA’s School of Psychological Science; speakers challenged the myth of the ‘neutral observer’ in psychology, highlighting that all research is shaped by the viewpoints of those conducting it.

'Mental Health is Political: Global Indigenous Struggles for Racial Justice and Collective Healing' explored how worldviews and positions in society influence the questions we ask and the conclusions we draw.

The lecture was facilitated by Professor Pat Dudgeon AM, a Bardi woman from UWA’s School of Indigenous Studies, the first Aboriginal psychologist and Director of the Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention, and Dr Stewart Sutherland, a Wiradjuri man from Wellington, NSW, who has more than 20 years’ experience in Indigenous health from Australian National University.

The speakers were: Associate Professor Jeffrey Ansloos, a citizen of Fisher River Cree Nation (Ochekwi-Sipi; Treaty 5) and the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Studies in Health, Suicide Studies, and Environmental Justice at the University of Toronto; and Dr Mark Standing Eagle Baez, a descendant of the Mohawk and Pawnee people and a psychologist focusing on clients dealing with emotional, cognitive, and behavioural problems from Bemidji State University, Minnesota.

Both speakers shared examples from their own work, demonstrating how integrating Indigenous knowledges and practices provides a richer, more ethical framework for research – especially when it comes to tackling issues such as mental health, social justice and community wellbeing. These presentations were followed by a Q&A with the speakers.

The annual Robin Winkler lecture commemorates the work of Robin Winkler, a highly influential teacher and researcher whose work was guided by humanitarian values and a relentless questioning of accepted orthodoxies.

This lecture was made possible by:

The University of Western Australia Institute of Advanced Studies
https://www.uwa.edu.au/ias
Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing (TIMHWB)
https://timhwb.org.au/
The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP)
https://cbpatsisp.com.au/
UWA Public Policy Institute
https://www.uwa.edu.au/institutes/pub...
The Australian National University
https://www.anu.edu.au/