Healing Through Culture: Professor Pat Dudgeon on Indigenous Wellbeing and Education

It's episode 149 and I'm back on Whadjak Noongar Country yarning with Professor Pat Dudgeon!! Aunt Pat is from the Bardi people of the Kimberly area in Western Australia and is a Research Fellow at the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, Western Australia. Her research is concerned with community engagement, consultation, and responsiveness, and draws upon multi-disciplinary approaches. Her large, national integrated projects map social phenomena and seek to implement transformative methods and practices focused on Indigenous health and wellbeing.  It was such an honour to finally have Prof Pat Dudgeon on the show.  Learn about: 🌀 The evolution of psychology within Indigenous communities.🌿 Collaborations with Aboriginal Medical Services.🔄 Reviving traditional ceremonies for holistic health.📚 The Australian Indigenous Psychology Education Project.📱 Innovative ways to engage and support Aboriginal youth! Listen now and be inspired! 🎧 Recommendations throughout this episode:  https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/patricia-dudgeon https://indigenouspsyched.org.au/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-dudgeon-767916126/?originalSubdomain=au Website: www.blackmagicwoman.com.au Follow us on Instagram - @blackmagicwomanpodcast The Black Magic Woman Podcast is hosted by Mundanara Bayles and is an uplifting conversational style program featuring mainly Aboriginal guests and explores issues of importance to Aboriginal people and communities.  Mundanara is guided by Aboriginal Terms of Reference and focusses more on who people are rather than on what they do. If you enjoyed this episode, please ‘Subscribe’ on Apple Podcasts or ‘Follow’ on your Spotify app and tell your friends and family about us! If you’d like to contact us, please email, [email protected]    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.