2025
Reimagining subjectivities in place: Necropolitical logics of safer supply and housing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Fleming T, Boyd J, McNeil R. Reimagining subjectivities in place: Necropolitical logics of safer supply and housing in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 372: 117930. PMID: 40088666, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117930.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVancouver's Downtown EastsideSocial sufferingDowntown EastsideSocio-spatial contextSocial structural forcesConcept of necropoliticsHousing environmentOverdose crisisNecropolitical logicReimagine subjectivityQualitative interviewsParticipants' narrativesTransformative potentialHousingIllicit drugsEastsidePeoplePrecarious healthCrisisVancouverOverdose deathsContextPrescription alternativesNecropoliticsReduce overdose deaths
2024
“They talk about it like it's an overdose crisis when in fact it's basically genocide”: The experiences of Indigenous peoples who use illicit drugs in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood
Lavalley J, Steinhauer L, Bundy D, Kerr T, McNeil R. “They talk about it like it's an overdose crisis when in fact it's basically genocide”: The experiences of Indigenous peoples who use illicit drugs in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood. International Journal Of Drug Policy 2024, 134: 104631. PMID: 39500223, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104631.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDowntown EastsideIndigenous peoplesRacial capitalismSettler colonialismVancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhoodContext of settler colonialismExperiences of Indigenous peoplesVancouver's Downtown EastsideHarm reduction approachesLow-income neighborhoodsCanada's Downtown EastsideDrug-related harmIllicit drugsHarm reduction programsPolicing practicesSocial violenceIndigenous representationStructural racismIndigenous waysDrug poisoning deathsPervasive distrustPoisoning crisisCultural integrationQualitative interviewsMaterial conditions
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