Centering at the Margins: Critical Community Resilience Praxis

Aims: This article aims to reframe resilience for use in community research and action in conditions of adversity marked by increasing natural disasters and by social inequities rooted in the coloniality of power, such as in Chile. Method: We review international resilience literature that explores...

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Published in:The Journal of humanistic psychology 2021-11, Vol.61 (6), p.875-905
Main Authors: Atallah, Devin G., Bacigalupe, Gonzalo, Repetto, Paula
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adversity
Climate change
Colonialism
Community research
Critical race theory
Decolonization
Disaster management
Disaster risk
Emergency preparedness
Ethics
Inequality
Interconnections
Literature reviews
Natural disasters
Oppression
Psychology
Race
Reinforcement
Research ethics
Resilience
Risk reduction
Social justice
Social systems
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Summary:Aims: This article aims to reframe resilience for use in community research and action in conditions of adversity marked by increasing natural disasters and by social inequities rooted in the coloniality of power, such as in Chile. Method: We review international resilience literature that explores responses to complex adversities, evaluating three “waves” of resilience research, including (1) “bouncing back,” which frames resilience as protecting functioning; (2) “bouncing forward,” understanding resilience as adaptation; and (3) what we are calling, the “centering at the margins” wave, which explicitly incorporates liberation psychology and decolonial, critical race theories to the study and promotion of resilience. Results: Building off “third wave” thinking, this article attempts to improve the social justice ethics within which research on resilience is completed by introducing a critical community resilience praxis. Conclusions: Critical community resilience praxis can aid the study of resilience by illuminating ways to avoid the reinforcement of social hierarchies and interlocking systems of oppression relevant to the work of disaster risk reduction investigators, psychologists, and differently positioned stakeholders engaged in resilience research and practice in complex settings internationally marked by histories of colonialism, consequences of climate change, and continual social inequities.
ISSN:0022-1678
1552-650X
DOI:10.1177/0022167818825305