Sippel, Charlotta: We are survivors of patriarchy and racism. Decolonizing bodies and de-privatizing pain, an intersectional approach of psychosocial-political healing of indigenous women in Guatemala. In: Working Paper Series Puentes Interdisciplinarios, Serie 3, 05.
Online-Ausgabe in bonndoc: https://doi.org/10.48565/bonndoc-355
Online-Ausgabe in bonndoc: https://doi.org/10.48565/bonndoc-355
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author = {{Charlotta Sippel}},
title = {We are survivors of patriarchy and racism. Decolonizing bodies and de-privatizing pain, an intersectional approach of psychosocial-political healing of indigenous women in Guatemala},
publisher = {Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Latinoamericanos},
year = 2024,
month = aug,
journal = {Working Paper Series Puentes Interdisciplinarios},
volume = Serie 3, 05,
note = {In hegemonic Western psychology, psychological suffering is mainly constructed as an individual disorder rather than as context-dependent psycho-social phenomena. This article argues that it is key to analyze and take into account the contextual, social, historical, and biographical references in order to gain a holistic understanding of psychological suffering and to develop fruitful healing processes. The article presents findings from ethnographic fieldwork in Guatemala, working with the indigenous women’s organization Actoras de Cambio, a collective of survivors of the genocide in Guatemala. As a result, three elements have been identified as key in the psycho-social work of the organization: i) their shared experience of violence, which leads to collective processing of the sexual violence through bodywork in order to reconciliate with their own bodies; ii) the “deprivatization” of their pain in order to overcome silence and taboo in their communities and to initiate social transformation and iii) the decolonization of their bodies and emotions and emancipation from internalized racism as part of the healing process. By sharing the insights from their work and discussing their intersectional and decolonial approach, the article wants to contribute to a conceptualized understanding of psychosocial-political healing processes and emphasize the necessity for a decolonizing and re-politicization of psychological research and practice in the ‘global north’.},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/11952}
}
doi: https://doi.org/
author = {{Charlotta Sippel}},
title = {We are survivors of patriarchy and racism. Decolonizing bodies and de-privatizing pain, an intersectional approach of psychosocial-political healing of indigenous women in Guatemala},
publisher = {Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Latinoamericanos},
year = 2024,
month = aug,
journal = {Working Paper Series Puentes Interdisciplinarios},
volume = Serie 3, 05,
note = {In hegemonic Western psychology, psychological suffering is mainly constructed as an individual disorder rather than as context-dependent psycho-social phenomena. This article argues that it is key to analyze and take into account the contextual, social, historical, and biographical references in order to gain a holistic understanding of psychological suffering and to develop fruitful healing processes. The article presents findings from ethnographic fieldwork in Guatemala, working with the indigenous women’s organization Actoras de Cambio, a collective of survivors of the genocide in Guatemala. As a result, three elements have been identified as key in the psycho-social work of the organization: i) their shared experience of violence, which leads to collective processing of the sexual violence through bodywork in order to reconciliate with their own bodies; ii) the “deprivatization” of their pain in order to overcome silence and taboo in their communities and to initiate social transformation and iii) the decolonization of their bodies and emotions and emancipation from internalized racism as part of the healing process. By sharing the insights from their work and discussing their intersectional and decolonial approach, the article wants to contribute to a conceptualized understanding of psychosocial-political healing processes and emphasize the necessity for a decolonizing and re-politicization of psychological research and practice in the ‘global north’.},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/11952}
}