Indigenous social work around the world [electronic resource] : towards culturally relevant education and practice / edited by Mel Gray, John Coates, Michael Yellow Bird.

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Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008.
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Series:Contemporary social work studies (Online)
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Format: Electronic eBook
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. 1. 'Indigenization' as an outmoded concept
  • 1. From 'indigenization' to cultural relevance / Mel Gray and John Coates
  • 2. Promoting reciprocal international social work exchanges : professional imperialism revisited / James Midgley
  • Pt. 2. Indigenous social work : a just cause
  • 3. Towards an understanding of indigenous social work / Mel Gray, Michael Yellow Bird and John Coates
  • 4. Indigenous people and the language of social work / Michael Yellow Bird and Mel Gray
  • 5. Indigenous social work in the United States : reflections on Indian tacos, Trojan horses and canoes filled with indigenous revolutionaries / Hilary N. Weaver
  • 6. Decolonizing social work in Australia : prospect or illusion / Linda Briskman
  • Pt. 3. Towards culturally relevant social work practice
  • 7. The development of culturally appropriate social work practice in Sarawak, Malaysia / Ling How Kee
  • 8. The past, the present and the future : the New Zealand indigenous experience of social work / Wheturangi Walsh-Tapiata
  • 9. Tongan social work practice / Tracie Mafile'o
  • 10. Critical reflections on an aboriginal approach to helping / Michael Anthony Hart
  • 11. Home-made social work : the two-way transfer of social work practice knowledge between India and the USA / Jayashree Nimmagadda and Diane R. Martell
  • 12. Localizing social work with Bedouin-Arab communities in Israel : limitations and possibilities / Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham
  • Pt. 4. Culturally relevant social work education
  • 13. Reconfiguring "Chineseness" in the international discourse on social work in China / Rick Sin
  • 14. A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step : the development of culturally relevant social work education and fieldwork practice in China / Angelina Yuen-Tsang and Ben Ku
  • 15. Re-envisioning indigenization : when Benthuhuade and Bentude social work intersect in China / Miu Chung Yan and A. Ka Tat Tsang
  • 16. Developing culturally relevant social work education in Africa : the case of Botswana / Kwaku Osei-Hwedie and Morena J. Rankopo
  • 17. Missing the 'flight from responsibility' : tales from a non-indigenous educator pursuing spaces for social work education relevant to indigenous Australians / Susan Gair
  • 18. Picking up what was left by the trail : the emerging spirit of aboriginal education in Canada / Gord Bruyere
  • 19. Indigenous social work education : a project for all of us? / Erika Faith
  • 20. Hearing indigenous and local voices in mainstream social work / Mel Gray, John Coates and Tiani Hetherington
  • 21. Conclusion / Mel Gray and John Coates
  • Postscript. Terms of endearment : a brief dictionary for decolonizing social work with indigenous peoples / Michael Yellow Bird.