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Westernization-indigenisation in social work education and practice: understanding indigenisation in international social work

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dc.contributor.authorOuedraogo, Valerie
dc.contributor.authorWedler, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-13T14:42:51Z
dc.date.available2024-08-13T14:42:51Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractInternational social work is about thinking globally when acting locally and vice-versa. Most of all, it is a field that requires acknowledging differences and a ‘welcoming’ of theories and practice models of one’s own singularity (cultural, political, economic) for direction in understanding social work. These context- and population-specific approaches build the core identity of the social work profession. However, limited opportunity for these specific approaches, along with knowledge and skill gaps, underscore International Social Work post-secondary curriculum on a global scale. Thus, the authors are centrally concerned with conducting a research-informed study to strengthen International Social Work courses. In this article, the authors outline the development of Indigenisation theory and offer ways of thinking and interacting with social work concepts and methodologies in an International Social Work teaching and learning context. This article offers a pragmatic approach of considering a dialectic of Westernisation-Indigenisation, to connect the local and the global as well as the North and the South by aiming to develop the concept of Indigenisation in International Social Work. Through a tri-continental partnership (Europe, North America, Africa), the authors outline their current and future plans to create a research study to develop curriculum and conduct field work, to focus efforts on decolonizing social work practice and education. This partnership offers a two-directional relationship between global thinking and local acting, therefore modelling Indigenisation theory and its application on an international scale.
dc.identifier.citationOuedraogo, S.V., & Wedler, B. (2019). Westernisation-indigenisation in social work education and practice: Understanding indigenisation in international social work. In J. E. Henriksen, I., Hydle and B., Kramvig (Eds.) Recognition, Reconciliation and restoration: Applying a postcolonial understanding in social work and healing processes (pp. 181-200). Orkana Akademisk. https://doi.org/10.33673/OOA20201/9
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.33673/OOA20201/9
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3680
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectindigenisation theory
dc.subjectinternational social work
dc.subjectpost-secondary education
dc.subjectcurriulum
dc.titleWesternization-indigenisation in social work education and practice: understanding indigenisation in international social worken
dc.typeBook Chapter

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