COVID-19 and BLM: Humanitarian Contexts Necessitating Principles from First Nations World Views in an Intercultural Social Work Curriculum ...

Abstract: Unprecedented trends of complex humanitarian contexts are unfolding globally, and they are driven by numerous humanitarian crisis drivers. Two of the more recent and ongoing crisis drivers are the Coronavirus Pandemic 2019 and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. While the pandemic has a...

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Main Authors: Townsend, Annie, McMahon, Mishel
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Published: La Trobe 2022
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.26181/19314542
https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/journal_contribution/COVID-19_and_BLM_Humanitarian_Contexts_Necessitating_Principles_from_First_Nations_World_Views_in_an_Intercultural_Social_Work_Curriculum/19314542
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Summary:Abstract: Unprecedented trends of complex humanitarian contexts are unfolding globally, and they are driven by numerous humanitarian crisis drivers. Two of the more recent and ongoing crisis drivers are the Coronavirus Pandemic 2019 and the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. While the pandemic has already caused a direct impact on unprepared health systems and caused secondary havoc on already fragile countries, the BLM movement has exposed the deeply held structural inequalities experienced by populations who do not identify as Western European. Both crisis drivers have also exposed the structural problems that have long underpinned humanitarian responses. To prepare for these complexities in humanitarian contexts, social work educators need to respond to the loud outcry for holistically educated and critically reflective social work practitioners. We argue this can be achieved through an Intercultural Social Work Curriculum informed by First Nations world views to enable a shift in student mindset from ...