EAN: 9783319498607

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN ANTHROPOLOGY REMEMBERING TH...

This volume explores the arts-based methodology of body mapping  a participant-driven approach
wherein people create richly illustrated life-size maps that articulate their embodied
experiences with various health issues. First developed in the global South as a means of
community mobilization and advocacy regarding women's health and HIV-related care needs  body
mapping is now used by researchers  health practitioners  and community agencies globally to
explore social determinants of health among diverse groups. However  the selective borrowing of
certain tenets of the approach and the disregard for others in these studies raises the issue
of cultural appropriation  and this is one of the key issues the explored. The second issue
examined relates to the analysis of body mapping data  which remains an under-developed aspect
of the methodology that the author addresses through the new mixed-method approach she created
to more fully understand these arts-based data. Orchard also examines and seeks to explain the
transformative nature of the body mapping research experience  for herself and the study
participants. The data for this book come from an ethnographic study with HIV-positive women
and men who struggle with addictions  HIV stigma  and historical traumas stemming from
colonialism in two Canadian cities  including the beautiful body maps  individual interviews 
and field notes. The author provides a compelling and deeply empathetic account of the powerful
role that the arts  therapeutic practice  and human connection play in the production of
research that yields rich data and can transform the lives of those involved. Remembering the
Body will be of interest to social science and health scholars  community agencies  and those
in activist circles who are interested in using body mapping in their mindful academic and
applied work.

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