In this episode, Dr. Amy Shawanda, an Indigenous health scholar from McGill University, discusses Anishnaabe methods for working with dream knowledge and the concept of baawaajige—the space of dreaming. Dr. Shawanda describes the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into Western medicine and shares her methodology for incorporating dreams into research.
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In this episode, Dr. Amy Shawanda, an Indigenous health scholar from McGill University, discusses Anishnaabe methods for working with dream knowledge and the concept of baawaajige—the space of dreaming. Dr. Shawanda describes the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into Western medicine and shares her methodology for incorporating dreams into research.
A teaser of the first season of The Guardians of Sleep, which investigates how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the dream life of people living in the British capital. Produced in partnership with the Museum of London (UK) and the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Hosted by Sharon Sliwinski and edited by Erin MacIndoe Sproule, with music by Andrew Braun.
The Guardians of Sleep
In this episode, Dr. Amy Shawanda, an Indigenous health scholar from McGill University, discusses Anishnaabe methods for working with dream knowledge and the concept of baawaajige—the space of dreaming. Dr. Shawanda describes the importance of integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into Western medicine and shares her methodology for incorporating dreams into research.
