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Pacific-Indigenous Psychology

Galuola, A NIU-Wave of Psychological Practices

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Authors:
  1. Siautu Alefaio-Tugia

    1. School of Psychology, Massey University, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand

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  • Pioneers new insights of Pacific-indigenous psychology from Oceania

  • Shares innovative solutions for group therapy in forensic offender rehabilitation and violence prevention

  • Guides and inspires readers through collective wisdom shared by Samoan cultural thought-leaders

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Changing Tides in Knowledge Construction for Re-informing Psychology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Fa’asinomaga: Identity of the Heart

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 3-21

    3. The Crisis of ‘Importing’ Psychology for Practice in Oceania

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 23-44

    4. New Problems Need NIU-Method

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 45-62

    5. Saili Matagi: An Example of Pacific-Indigenous Psychology Through Therapeutic Rehabilitation

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 65-82

  3. REDISCOVERY Impact of Culture Through Language with Samoa’s Collective Houses of Wisdom

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Fa’afaletui: The Process of Collective Wisdom-Searching with NIU-Method

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 83-94

    3. Collaborators for Change – Notable Cultural Authorities

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 95-121

    4. Collaborators for Change: Community-Village Leaders

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 123-146

    5. Collaborators for Change: Church Elder Ministers

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 147-165

  4. NIU PSYCHOLOGY Reducing Inequalities Through Cultural Innovation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. Suli vs. Tagata Noa: The Psyche of Being ‘Others’ Centred

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 169-172

    3. NIU Metrics for Measuring Change

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 173-180

    4. NIU-Ideology Reducing Inequalities in Human Development

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 181-192

    5. NIU-Psychology for Sustainable Wellbeing

      • Siautu Alefaio-Tugia
      Pages 193-201

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 203-208
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About this book

This book provides an overview of Pacific-Indigenous knowledge as insights of Oceanic citizen-science to inform culturally-safe practice for psychology. It profiles contemporary Pacific needs in areas of crisis such as family violence, education disparities and health inequities, and points to ancient Pacific-indigenous knowledges as tools of healing for global diasporic communities in need. The historical evolution of psychology’s knowledge base and practice illustrates a fundamental crisis in the method of producing knowledge for psychology - the absence of Pacific-indigenous cultural knowledge. It suggests more effective research methodologies grounded in Pacific-Indigenous epistemologies and ontologies for psychology and overall community capability. It fosters practice perspectives and strategies based on NIU-psychology (New Indigenous Understandings) for innovative solutions to modern-day crises of humanity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Psychology, Massey University, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand

    Siautu Alefaio-Tugia

About the author

Siautu Alefaio (Samoan lineage of Matautu-Tai, Sāsina, Manunu ma Fagamalo) is Associate Professor at the School of Psychology, Massey University in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her research specialty is Pacific-Indigenous (PI) psychology. Drawing on PI psychology she combines extensive practice and academic experience to re-inform psychology from Pacific-indigenous knowledge frameworks, especially in forensic rehabilitation, family violence, disaster resilience and humanitarian response. Siautu has been awarded major research grants from, and acted as advisor to, various New Zealand bodies including the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), Health Research Council, Ministry of Education, Police and Department of Corrections. She has published extensively on issues concerning Pacific diasporic resilience and well-being for over a decade. She is a Rutherford Discovery Fellow and Global Fellow of the Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Studies, Brown University. As a scholar-practitioner, Siautu has worked across various applied psychology contexts in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and the Pacific. She founded NIUPATCH (Navigate In Unity Pacific approaches to Community-Humanitarianism) in 2016, to shine a light on the Pacific diaspora as mobilisers of sustainable village-resilience in a climate of complex disasters.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Pacific-Indigenous Psychology

  • Book Subtitle: Galuola, A NIU-Wave of Psychological Practices

  • Authors: Siautu Alefaio-Tugia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14432-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14431-8Published: 03 December 2022

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-14434-9Published: 03 December 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-14432-5Published: 02 December 2022

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 208

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cross Cultural Psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology

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