The Promise and Paradox of Cultural Competence

Hester, Rebecca J.

doi:10.1007/s10730-012-9200-2

Cited by 24 publications

(18 citation statements)

References 19 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Essentialism perceives culture as monolithic, static, and inflexible. Applications of cultural competence in this mould usually focus on issues of access to the neglect of critical analyses of the impact of social location and power structures on minorities (Hester, 2012). They also rely on the production and propagation of generalizations and the making of grand summary statements about non-white cultures (Furlong & Wight, 2011).…”

Section: A Contested Sitementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Cultural competence fails to acknowledge the sociopolitical mechanisms and institutional processes that produce and perpetuate ethno-racial injustices as a consequence of cultural differences when compared to the dominant white culture (Hester, 2012; Ortega & Faller, 2011). Cultural competence often focuses attention on promoting productive cross-cultural practice than interrogating sociopolitical and othering processes that exist in both the wider society and social work practice (Nadan et al., 2016).…”

Section: A Contested Sitementioning

confidence: 99%

“…A fundamental assumption of cultural humility is that being culturally humble automatically translates into respect for diversity (Hester, 2012; Johnson & Munch, 2009; Kools et al., 2015; Tervalon & Murray-Garcia, 1998). The fact is that one must intentionally develop awareness and a desire to value diversity and difference in order to demonstrate authentic humility.…”

Section: Strengths and Limitations Of Cultural Humilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Cultural competence and cultural humility: A critical reflection on key cultural diversity concepts

Danso

2016

Journal of Social Work

214

148

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Cultural competence has commanded respectable attention since its introduction in cross-cultural discourse. Cultural competence has been presented as a framework capable of promoting culturally sensitive practice and for training crosscultural workers. However, a smorgasbord of definitions and conceptualizations has generated intense controversy around the construct, with many questioning its relevance or ability to address structural problems. Disenchantment has led to calls to jettison and replace cultural competence with cultural humility. This paper presents a critical reflection on cultural competence and cultural humility, including critiquing the critiques of cultural competence. Findings: A critically reflective analysis suggests that semantic appeal does not necessarily give cultural humility a utilitarian edge over the construct it seeks to supplant. Cultural humility appears not to add more value to social work practice than cultural competence. From a social work perspective, cultural humility is essentially a repackaging of anti-oppressive practice; the fundamental ideas underpinning cultural humility have previously been developed and are foundational principles of anti-oppressive social work practice and education. Critical analysis also reveals that many of the critiques of cultural competence lack analytical rigour. Applications: Deep-level theoretical analyses can lead to innovative perspectives that allow for critical re-examination of extant methodological approaches and promote culturally empowering social work practices in our super-diverse, postmodern world. Rather than dismissing long-standing, potentially effective theoretical and practice tools with happy abandon, adapting them in light of current developments would help move social work to a new, enlightened level of relevance in working with diversity and difference.

show abstract

Section: A Contested Sitementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: A Contested Sitementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Strengths and Limitations Of Cultural Humilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Cultural competence and cultural humility: A critical reflection on key cultural diversity concepts

Danso

2016

Journal of Social Work

214

148

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Reflexivity has been described as self-awareness of one's own cultural values (Reich & Reich, 2006, p. 54), cultural humility (Hester, 2012), and the ability to 'hold difference and alterity' (Kirmayer, 2013, pp. 367-368).…”

Section: Reflexivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Where’s the Data? Using Data Convincingly in Transdisciplinary Doctoral Research

Palmer

Fam

Smith

et al. 2018

IJDS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Aim/PurposeThe aim of this paper is to identify some of the issues in writing a transdisciplinary doctoral thesis and to develop strategies for addressing them, particularly focusing on the presentation of data and data analysis. The paper, based on the authors' own experience, offers guidance to, and invites further comment from, transdisciplinary doctoral candidates, their supervisors and their examiners, as well as the broader field of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary researchers. BackgroundThe paper uses the authors' experience of writing four very different transdisciplinary doctoral theses to examine the diverse responses received from examiners and what this means for the thesis writing process. The theses and examiners' reports span an array of disciplinary and transdisciplinary epistemologies, ontologies, and world views. Methodology A preliminary review of the examiners' reports revealed a common concern with the definition of 'data' and with 'data analysis'. The examiners' reports were then more formally coded and thematized. These themes were then used to reflect critically on the four theses, within a broad interpretive framework based on the idea of writing 'convincingly', and in light of current literature on the meaning of 'data' and the idea and aims of transdisciplinarity. ContributionThe paper offers specific strategies for doctoral candidates, their supervisors, and examiners in working with the burgeoning number of doctoral research projects that are now taking place in the transdisciplinary space. Using Data Convincingly in Transdisciplinary Research10 Findings Doctoral candidates engaged in transdisciplinary research need to define what they mean by data and make data visible in their research, be creative in their conceptions of data and in how they communicate this to examiners, specify the quality criteria against which they wish their work to be assessed and hold discussions with their supervisors about examiner appointments and briefing, and communicate to examiners the special value of transdisciplinary research and the journey on which it takes the researcher. Our conclusion connects these findings to the development of an emerging concept of transdisciplinary research writing. Recommendations for PractitionersSee below under 'Recommendations for Researchers' (For the purpose of this paper, practitioners are the researchers). Recommendations for ResearchersThe paper makes the following recommendations for transdisciplinary doctoral researchers:• Make the data visible and argue for the unique or special way in which the data will be used • Make clear the quality criteria against which you expect the work to be judged • Be creative and explore the possibilities enabled by a broad interpretation of 'data' • Transdisciplinary research is transformative. Communicate this to your examiner. Impact on SocietyAs more complex and 'wicked' problems in the world are increasingly addressed through transdisciplinary research, it is important that doctoral research in this area be ...

show abstract

“…However, the very terms 'inclusivity' and 'diversity' are not neutralthey imply a dominant group (of white, heterosexual, middle-class women) into which 'other' groups can be absorbed . Similar criticisms have been laid against the field of cultural competence (Hester, 2012). This discourse further obscured the systemic inequalities and norms that still shape the construction of breast cancer services.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 93%

‘Take ownership of your condition’: social constructions of breast cancer within neoliberal, Western society

Gibson¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

How we understand and talk about breast cancer within Western society is shaped by current neoliberal constructions of health and illness, specifically, the 'pink ribbon culture' of breast cancer. The aim of this thesis is to critically examine the pink ribbon culture and to consider the implications for the subjectivity of women dealing with the illness, that is, how they can respond to, and make meaning of, breast cancer. I take a feminist post-structuralist approach to analyse the

show abstract

The Promise and Paradox of Cultural Competence

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Cultural competence and cultural humility: A critical reflection on key cultural diversity concepts

Cultural competence and cultural humility: A critical reflection on key cultural diversity concepts

Where’s the Data? Using Data Convincingly in Transdisciplinary Doctoral Research

‘Take ownership of your condition’: social constructions of breast cancer within neoliberal, Western society

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About