TY - JOUR
T1 - Therapeutic landscapes and networks in restricted lives
T2 - Constructing restorative experiences among Indonesian female domestic workers in Hong Kong
AU - Winata, Fikriyah
AU - McLafferty, Sara L.
N1 - The authors thank three anonymous reviewers and the editor for their constructive feedback and help to improve this manuscript. The authors are grateful for all Indonesian female domestic workers in Hong Kong who took the online survey. The authors also thank the Dompet Dhuafa Hong Kong and Peduli Sehat Hong Kong for their help with participant recruitment especially to Pak Imam Baihaqi and Ibu Ayu Rahayu. This research was funded by the Messina Stanley Graduate Scholarship and a Summer Research Grant from the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The open access publication cost was supported by the Mississippi State University's ORED Start-up Funds. Fikriyah Winata was supported by the Charles Alexander Graduate Fellowship for Women in Geography while conducting this research.
The authors thank three anonymous reviewers and the editor for their constructive feedback and help to improve this manuscript. The authors are grateful for all Indonesian female domestic workers in Hong Kong who took the online survey. The authors also thank the Dompet Dhuafa Hong Kong and Peduli Sehat Hong Kong for their help with participant recruitment especially to Pak Imam Baihaqi and Ibu Ayu Rahayu. This research was funded by the Messina Stanley Graduate Scholarship and a Summer Research Grant from the Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The open access publication cost was supported by the Mississippi State University’s ORED Start-up Funds. Fikriyah Winata was supported by the Charles Alexander Graduate Fellowship for Women in Geography while conducting this research.
PY - 2023/12
Y1 - 2023/12
N2 - This research explores the connections between therapeutic landscapes (TLs) and therapeutic networks (TNs) among women who work in domestic employment and experience severe space-time constraints in their everyday lives. Although these connections are often recognized, the links between TL and TN have not been widely investigated. Based on an online survey of 190 Indonesian female domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong, therapeutic landscape locations were identified. Open-ended quotes describing characteristics and benefits of TL were analyzed via MAXQDA and incorporated in qualitative mapping in ArcGIS Pro 2.6. Results showed four types of therapeutic landscape (green spaces, blue spaces, religious sites, and built environment) that were crucial in enhancing FDWs’ wellbeing on their rest day. FDWs’ relationships with health-promoting places and efforts in creating restorative experiences were tied to their social interactions, as TNs and TLs were created synergistically. For the understudied population of FDWs, our findings highlight the importance of both the mandated rest day and public spaces including parks, beaches, and buildings, for sustaining FDWs wellbeing despite their highly restricted daily lives.
AB - This research explores the connections between therapeutic landscapes (TLs) and therapeutic networks (TNs) among women who work in domestic employment and experience severe space-time constraints in their everyday lives. Although these connections are often recognized, the links between TL and TN have not been widely investigated. Based on an online survey of 190 Indonesian female domestic workers (FDWs) in Hong Kong, therapeutic landscape locations were identified. Open-ended quotes describing characteristics and benefits of TL were analyzed via MAXQDA and incorporated in qualitative mapping in ArcGIS Pro 2.6. Results showed four types of therapeutic landscape (green spaces, blue spaces, religious sites, and built environment) that were crucial in enhancing FDWs’ wellbeing on their rest day. FDWs’ relationships with health-promoting places and efforts in creating restorative experiences were tied to their social interactions, as TNs and TLs were created synergistically. For the understudied population of FDWs, our findings highlight the importance of both the mandated rest day and public spaces including parks, beaches, and buildings, for sustaining FDWs wellbeing despite their highly restricted daily lives.
KW - Health & wellbeing
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Indonesian female domestic workers
KW - Therapeutic landscapes
KW - Therapeutic networks
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U2 - 10.1016/j.wss.2023.100163
DO - 10.1016/j.wss.2023.100163
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85166335767
SN - 2666-5581
VL - 5
JO - Wellbeing, Space and Society
JF - Wellbeing, Space and Society
M1 - 100163
ER -