Chercheurs de « l'entre-deux » - Travailleurs sociaux dans le rôle de                chercheurs : proximité et distance d'une ethnographie interprétative

Ouedraogo, Somnoma Valerie

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“…Coming across this insight opens the possibility for her to inquire about non-westernised ways of knowing and doing social work. Moreover, it allows her to explore the reproduction of westernised knowledge domination and power imbalance in regard to non-westernised ways of knowing (Ouedraogo, 2014). By developing a concept of Indigenisation in International social work, our collaborative project about Westernisation-Indigenisation aims to answer the following research question: What can social work in Germany and Canada learn from social work in Burkina Faso?…”

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confidence: 99%

Westernisation-Indigenisation in Social Work Education and Practice: Understanding Indigenisation in International Social Work

Ouedraogo¹,

Wedler²

2019

Recognition, Reconciliation and Restoration: Applying a Decolonized Understanding in Social Work and Healing Processes

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International social work is about thinking globally when acting locally and vice-versa. Most of all, it is a field that requires acknowledging differences and a 'welcoming' of theories and practice models of one's own singularity (cultural, political, economic) for direction in understanding social work. These contextand population-specific approaches build the core identity of the social work profession. However, limited opportunity for these specific approaches, along with knowledge and skill gaps, underscore International Social Work post-secondary curriculum on a global scale. Thus, the authors are centrally concerned with conducting a research-informed study to strengthen International Social Work courses. In this article, the authors outline the development of Indigenisation theory and offer ways of thinking and interacting with social work concepts and methodologies in an International Social Work teaching and learning context. This article offers a pragmatic approach of considering a dialectic of Westernisation-Indigenisation, to connect the local and the global as well as the North and the South by aiming to develop the concept of Indigenisation in International Social Work. Through a tri-continental partnership (Europe, North America, Africa), the authors outline their current and future plans to create a research study to develop curriculum and conduct field work, to focus efforts on decolonizing social work practice and education. This partnership offers a two-directional relationship between global thinking and local acting, therefore modelling Indigenisation theory and its application on an international scale.

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Section: Development Of a Research Questionmentioning

confidence: 99%