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:bch391v1 2023-05-15T16:16:08+02:00 An 'Ecospiritual' Perspective: Finally, a Place for Indigenous Approaches Coates, John Gray, Mel Hetherington, Tiani 2005-11-18 06:04:49.0 text/html http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/bch391v1 https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch391 en eng Oxford University Press http://bjsw.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/bch391v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch391 Copyright (C) 2005, British Association of Social Workers Article TEXT 2005 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bch391 2007-06-24T17:46:50Z 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 |
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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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An 'Ecospiritual' Perspective: Finally, a Place for Indigenous Approaches |
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