dominant philosophy: modernism
-shift from traditional charity model of SW
- moved from focusing on providing basic needs/relief, to more professional approach
- more research and evidence-based
placed importance on the indiv. in their social environment rather than only their immediate needs
- importance of social justice and reform
dominant philosophy: structuralism
- emphasizes the role of structures, systems, and institutions in shaping individual attitudes and experiences
- individuals are not isolated agents but are embedded within social systems and shape their lives
dominant philosophy: post-conventialism
- ethical and moral reasoning in SW
- individuals go through stages of moral development
- ethical decision-making that goes beyond compliance with legal and professional standings
It’s All About the Land - Alfred Taiaiake
- colonization has led to the displacement and dispossession of Indigenous peoples
- the struggle for Indigenous rights + sovereignty is fundamentally connected to the land
- there is a spiritual and cultural significance of the land to Indigenous people– this is central to their identity and way of life
-Indigenous people need to control their land and their resources in order to maintain autonomy and self-determination - struggle for Indigenous rights + sovereignty must involve a return of land to Indigenous jurisdiction over their territories
- need for non-indigenous people to acknowledge and respect the centrality and importance in relation to rights and sovereignty
From Dispossession to Dependency – Manuel, A
- colonialism has 3 components: dispossession, dependence, oppression
- important to note that property is not a by-product of domination but is essential to it
The Indian Act – Diabo, Russel.
- maintains the tenets of protection, control, and civilization
- interpretation of the Indian Act provides key definitions of “Indian”
- IA is the foundation of colonialism
- IA defines various terms; band; Indian; band list; council of the band; reserve
What Story of Colonialism do you want to believe? –
Johnson, H. R.
- the history you are familiar with has been sanitized for your benefit
- we can never be sovereign. sovereignty means ‘except Aboriginals”
reconciliation and decolonization
decolonization: in order for decolonization to occur, the land must be given back to Indigenous people
reconciliation: criticized for being colonization and problematic. it allows colonizers to hold onto their beliefs without changing them. indicates that issues are of the past and are resolved.
Bridging the power gap: narrative therapy with incarcerated women. – Mahoney et al.
- 2 important stages; deconstruction, reconstruction
- encourages clients to step out of their problem
- the ways in which narrative therapy can provide a way for incarcerated women to reclaim agency and power– despite the oppression and disempowering environment of the prison system
- externalize issues rather than internalize
- importance of empowering incarcerated women to reclaim their agency and gain a voice within their lives
Politicized narrative therapy – Dunaresque et al.
- argues narrative therapy must be politicized in order to effectively address issues of power, oppression, and social justice and the recognition of the impact of social and political structures on individual experiences
critical social work – Campbell & Baikie
function and role in theory:
1. explain the situation at hand
2. establish the causal relationship and predict the possible outcome
3. guide: choose the next steps –> intervention/policies that are suitable
4. provide: the language of professional discourse about social work
Social work, feminism, and prison abolition – Chandler, S
- argues for SW to get more proximate with issues of mass incarceration
- intersections between SW, feminism, and prison abolition
- critiques of traditional SW of “fixing” individuals within the CJS
- Sw should adopt a more radical feminist, perspective that recognizes the structural inequalities and injustices that perpetuate the prison industrial complex
- feminist theories such as intersectionality and standpoint theory can inform SWP and advocacy for prison abolition
- need for social work to engage in political activism to address the root causes of incarceration
Feminist and empowerment theory and social work practice – turner, S.G., and Maschi, T.
- argues using feminist empowerment theories to understand individual and political social assessment and intervention
- advances human rights + social justice + adds critical awareness of individual sociopolitical contexts
- both feminist and empowerment theories help to address unequal access to power and resources
anti-racism
- understanding what discrimination means
- whiteness
- anti-racism as a framework that provides justice to the suffering and discrimination that Black ppl go through
- CRT provides an important framework for social workers to use and change power dynamics to maintain institutional racism and reinforce racial inequality
Critical race theory: opportunities for application in SWP and policy – Kolivoski et al.
- explores potential applications of CRT in SWP
- CRT provides a framework for understanding the ways in which race intersects with other forms of oppression
- CRT emphasizes the need to center the experiences and perspectives of POC
- increased awareness and understanding of the ways in which race and racism impact clients and communities for improved outcomes for marginalized populations
