Land Body Ecologies: A case study for global transdisciplinary collaboration at the intersections of environment and mental health

• Main Authors: Samrawit Gougsa (Author), Victoria Pratt (Author), Babitha George (Author), Cecilia Vilela (Author), Daniel Kobei (Author), Sylvia Kokunda (Author), Ilan Kelman (Author), Ben Eaton (Author), Lilian Maina (Author), Samson Luari (Author), Outi Autti (Author), Kaisa Kerätär (Author), Jenni Laiti (Author), Catherine Baxendale (Author), Romit Raj (Author), Reema Deshpande (Author), Riya Gokharu (Author), Neha Singh (Author), Sheila Ghelani (Author), Nqatyiswa Mendu (Author), Ayesha Ahmad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Land Body Ecologies (LBE) is a global, transdisciplinary research group seeking to understand the mental health dimensions of minority, Indigenous and other land-dependent communities' relationship to ecologies in a changing environment. We posit that our project is a successful case of global transdisciplinary collaboration that can serve as an example for others. In this paper we present: (1) an overview of our project structure across various disciplines and geographies; (2) a description of how we manage day-to-day operations and decision-making; (3) details of how we operationalise collaboration through examples from three key areas - creative methodologies, language considerations and authorship; (4) a discussion on strengths and limitations of the project.

Item Description

2667-2782
10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100206