TY  - JOUR
TI  - Adapting traditional healing values and beliefs into therapeutic cultural environments for health and well-being
AU  - Marques, B.
AU  - Freeman, C.
AU  - Carter, L.
T2  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
AB  - Although research has long established that interaction with the natural environment is associated with better overall health and well-being outcomes, the Western model mainly focuses on treating symptoms. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, the Indigenous Māori have long demonstrated significantly more negative health outcomes than non-Māori. Little research has examined the causes compared to Western populations or the role of the natural environment in health outcomes for Māori. An exploration of rongoā Māori (traditional healing system) was conducted to ascertain the importance of landscape in the process of healing. Eight rongoā healers or practitioners took part in semi-structured narrative interviews from June to November 2020. Transcribed interviews were analysed using an interpretative phenomenological analysis and Kaupapa Māori techniques. The findings show how rongoā is underpinned by a complex set of cultural values and beliefs, drawing from the connection to wairua (spirit), tinana (body), tikanga and whakaora (customs and healing), rākau (plants), whenua (landscape) and whānau (family). Incorporating such constructs into the landscape can foster our understanding of health and well-being and its implications for conceptualising therapeutic environments and a culturally appropriate model of care for Māori and non-Māori communities. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
DA  - 2022///
PY  - 2022
DO  - 10.3390/ijerph19010426
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85122302904&doi=10.3390%2fijerph19010426&partnerID=40&md5=d768a4923224e58bf4e9a803b644ad4b
DB  - Scopus
KW  - Landscape architecture
KW  - Mātauranga Māori
KW  - landscape architecture
ER  - 

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Conceptualising therapeutic environments through culture, indigenous knowledge and landscape for health and well-being
AU  - Marques, B.
AU  - Freeman, C.
AU  - Carter, L.
AU  - Zari, M.P.
T2  - Sustainability (Switzerland)
AB  - Academic research has long established that interaction with the natural environment is associated with better overall health outcomes. Notably, the area of therapeutic environments has been borne out of the recognition of this critical relationship, but much of this research comes from a specific Western perspective. In Aotearoa-New Zealand, Māori (the Indigenous people of the land) have long demonstrated significantly worse health outcomes than non-Māori. Little research has examined the causes compared to Western populations and the role of the natural environment in health outcomes for Māori. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between Māori culture, landscape and the connection to health and well-being. Eighteen Māori pāhake (older adults) and kaumātua (elders) took part in semi-structured interviews carried out as focus groups, from June to November 2020. Transcribed interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis and kaupapa Māori techniques. We found five overarching and interrelated key themes related to Indigenous knowledge (Mātauranga Māori) that sit within the realm of therapeutic environments, culture and landscape. A conceptual framework for Therapeutic Cultural Environments (TCE) is proposed in terms of the contribution to our understanding of health and well-being and its implications for conceptualising therapeutic environments and a culturally appropriate model of care for Māori communities. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
DA  - 2021///
PY  - 2021
DO  - 10.3390/su13169125
VL  - 13
IS  - 16
UR  - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85113793600&doi=10.3390%2fsu13169125&partnerID=40&md5=06d825f2141e593181c8213f3e7927e0
DB  - Scopus
KW  - Indigenous knowledge
KW  - Landscape architecture
KW  - Mātauranga Māori
ER  -