An 'Ecospiritual' Perspective: Finally, a Place for Indigenous Approaches
Despite holding significant roles in providing social services to First Nations or indigenous communities, social work has been reluctant to accept indigenous perspectives and traditional forms of helping and healing. Most often, social workers have operated within the dominant paradigms that, despi...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:bjsw:36/3/381 2023-05-15T16:16:08+02:00 An 'Ecospiritual' Perspective: Finally, a Place for Indigenous Approaches Coates, John Gray, Mel Hetherington, Tiani 2006-04-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/36/3/381 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcl005 en eng Oxford University Press http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/36/3/381 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcl005 Copyright (C) 2006, British Association of Social Workers Articles TEXT 2006 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcl005 2013-05-28T03:50:42Z Despite holding significant roles in providing social services to First Nations or indigenous communities, social work has been reluctant to accept indigenous perspectives and traditional forms of helping and healing. Most often, social workers have operated within the dominant paradigms that, despite efforts to the contrary, have primarily imposed Western social work beliefs and practices which have been unable to effectively accommodate diversity. This paper argues that the recent attention to the importance of the environment and spirituality, and the paradigmatic shift that such issues require, has created a welcoming space for indigenous voices. Such acceptance has opened the opportunity for the profession to benefit not only from a genuine exchange among cultures, but also from a re-thinking of the foundational beliefs of the social work profession. Text First Nations HighWire Press (Stanford University) British Journal of Social Work 36 3 381 399 |
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Despite holding significant roles in providing social services to First Nations or indigenous communities, social work has been reluctant to accept indigenous perspectives and traditional forms of helping and healing. Most often, social workers have operated within the dominant paradigms that, despite efforts to the contrary, have primarily imposed Western social work beliefs and practices which have been unable to effectively accommodate diversity. This paper argues that the recent attention to the importance of the environment and spirituality, and the paradigmatic shift that such issues require, has created a welcoming space for indigenous voices. Such acceptance has opened the opportunity for the profession to benefit not only from a genuine exchange among cultures, but also from a re-thinking of the foundational beliefs of the social work profession. |
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