Ethics, Art, and Social Work

Wehbi, Samantha

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“…Intersecting arts-based practices within Social Work is not a foreign or new concept, in fact, it is one that has many benefits and is becoming commonly utilized for therapeutic purposes. As shared by Wehbi (2017), arts inspired practices that implement photography, video or performances can be great tools to capture and frame social issues in an engaging and thought-provoking way. Photovoice puts a camera in the hands of participants in order for them to tell their stories from their point of view.…”

Section: Photovoicementioning

confidence: 99%

Black Muslim Immigrant Seniors Accessing Mental Health Services in the Greater Toronto Area

Jilani

2024

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<p>This narrative approach to qualitative research explores the experiences of Black Muslim immigrant seniors in relation to accessing mental health services in the Greater Toronto Area. This study involved interviewing three Black African Muslim immigrant seniors living in Toronto. The participants shared their insight on the lack of culturally and linguistically diverse services as well as the systemic barriers they face as racialized seniors living in a Western society. Through the exploration of storytelling, participants identified pre and post migration traumas, shared coping strategies, expressed their fears and extreme distrust of white medical professionals and offered recommendations to better serve this ever-growing population. Critical gerontology and anti-black racism theories were used to help frame and guide discussions as well as further comprehend the participants’ lived experiences. This study also implements photovoice activities to gain a deeper insight into the participants’ experiences of navigating mental health resources.</p>

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Section: Photovoicementioning

confidence: 99%

Black Muslim Immigrant Seniors Accessing Mental Health Services in the Greater Toronto Area

Jilani

2024

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“…Social work educators across the world are sharing their critical insights on formulating theoretical content for International Social Work (ISW; Cox and Pawar, 2013; Dominelli, 2004; Friedlander, 1955, 1975; Healy, 1988; Hokenstad and Kendal, 1995; Hugman et al, 2010; International Federation of Social Work [IFSW], 2014; Merrill and Frost, 2011; Midgley, 2001; Mohan, 2008; Yunong and Xiong, 2008), and are also sharing their experience in teaching courses in ISW (Razack, 2009; Wehbi, 2008). There are also attempts to describe the processes related to facilitating the exchange of students across the globe (Alphonse, 2008; Jönsson and Flem, 2018; Thampi, 2017) and in measuring the impact of such exchanges (Healy, 1995; Midgley, 1990; Moosa-Mitha, 2014; Panos et al, 2004) including challenges related to the administration of international field placements (Lough, 2009).…”

Section: International Social Work Education: the Contextmentioning

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Formulating and teaching a course in international social work: Some curriculum and pedagogical insights from the Indian context

Bodhi

2021

International Social Work

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This article engages with International Social Work education. The subject is new, and in many countries, especially in India, content for teaching has only begun to be formulated. While many attempts are being made across the world to provide international social work with a sound theoretical base, these efforts are only beginning to take shape in India. This article traverses the thinking, experience, and insights of a social work educator who has engaged in such a process – the development and teaching of a course on international social work for postgraduate students of an institute in Mumbai.

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“…Although there is significant research on social work students who engage in field placements internationally (Bell et al, 2017;Cleak et al, 2014;Furman et al, 2008;Heron, 2005;Lindsey, 2005;Razack, 2000;Wehbi, 2008), the experiences of trained social workers who work in international development or humanitarian aid remain understudied and undervalued (Hugman, 2010;Lyons, 2018). Professional social workers' contributions to humanitarian aid are sparsely acknowledged in the research literature (Caragata & Sanchez, 2002;Dominelli, 2015;Hugman, 2010;Maglajlic, 2019;Pittman et al, 2015).…”

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Northern Social Workers’ Experiences with Reflective Practice: Analyzing Power in International Development Work

Strumm¹

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Colonial histories, processes and experiences created conditions of inequality that continue to exist between the Global North and South and established a power dynamic that plagues international development work. Social workers who work in the international development sector are implicated in reproducing these unequal power relations through the operation and facilitation of this work. As such, they have been criticized for imposing their influence and knowledge in Southern contexts, while at the same time failing to critique the effects of Northern imposition on individuals and communities. Drawing on anti-oppressive social work practice, this project explores whether social workers' engagement with reflective practices impacts their understanding of their own positioning, power, practice strategies and negotiation with their managerial workplaces.Data was collected with the use of semi-structured interviews with Northern-trained social workers who work (or recently worked) for governments, international aid organizations, or as consultants across the Global South in the Middle East, Caribbean, Oceania, East Asia, Europe, and Africa. Participants revealed that powerful neoliberal ideas in the workplace and location-specific challenges constrained reflective practice activity.This research provides important insight and understanding into how Northern social workers working in the Global South grapple with their roles, responsibilities, identities, and positions. This study contributes research on the different possibilities for reflective practice within an anti-oppressive international social work practice framework and within international development work. These possibilities include a critical analysis of power as well as how such practices narrowed the gap between critical analysis of power and workers' practice orientation.iii Chapter One: Introduction to the ResearchThis chapter offers an overview, background and context for the research that was completed over the course of my PhD. It introduces readers to important concepts found throughout the research project and the research purpose and questions. Chapter Two: Literature ReviewThe literature review focuses on core areas of research relevant to this project-reflective practice and international development workers. This is a review of these topics as they relate to my research.

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Ethics, Art, and Social Work

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Black Muslim Immigrant Seniors Accessing Mental Health Services in the Greater Toronto Area

Black Muslim Immigrant Seniors Accessing Mental Health Services in the Greater Toronto Area

Formulating and teaching a course in international social work: Some curriculum and pedagogical insights from the Indian context

Northern Social Workers’ Experiences with Reflective Practice: Analyzing Power in International Development Work

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