Envisioning the Future with Aboriginal Breast Cancer Survivors

Authors

  • Roanne Thomas-MacLean University of Saskatchewan, has research interests in women's health and qualitative methods.
  • Jennifer Poudrier University of Saskatchewan, is a Métis scholar who has published in the areas of sociology of scientific and medical knowledge, biotechnology and racialization via medical genetic science.
  • Carolyn Brooks University of Saskatchewan, has research interests in criminology and justice. Her PhD dissertation uses photovoice, informed by anti-oppressive theories, to develop a contextual understanding of the meaning of breast cancer survivorship for Aboriginal women.

Abstract

Photovoice is a newly emerging participatory method of research. In this article, we discuss findings resulting from a photovoice project completed with young Aboriginal women who had experienced breast cancer. Three key interrelated themes linked to ethnicity, age, and identity, were particularly salient for the research participants. These are conceptualized as: (1) shame and silence; (2) resilience and strength; and (3) support. Résumé La photo-voix est une nouvelle technologie participative de recherche émergente. Dans cet article, nous discutons des conclusions qui résultent du projet de photo-voix complété par une jeune autochtone qui a souffert du cancer du sein. Trois thèmesclés étroitement liés à l'ethnicité, l'âge, et l'identité, étaient saillants pour les participantes à la recherche. Les trois sont conceptualisés ainsi: (1) la honte et le silence; (2) la résistance et la force; (3) le support.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...
Fort Amherst Lighthouse. St. John's, Newfoundland, 2008. Photographer: Brad Gibb

Downloads

Published

2008-01-01

Issue

Vol. 33 No. 1 (2008): Open Topic Issue

Section

Original Research

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication, with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

2. Authors are aware that articles published in Atlantis are indexed and made available through various scholarly and professional search tools, including but not limited to Erudit.

3. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

4. Authors are permitted and encouraged to preprint their work, that is, post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process. This can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. Read more on preprints here.