Hello all
just been reading articles from the following book: Indigenous Social Work around the World: Towards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice by Mel Gray, John Coates and Michael Yellow Bird.
The book follows the thought that seeks to ask: how can mainstream Western social work learn from and, in turn, help advance Indigenous practice?
It is interesting and enlightening to read how different authors understand concepts such as decolonization, Indigenous practice, addressing diversity and cultural contexts. From my own perspective, it makes sense to find out how to address a range of cross-cultural contexts when applying a helping practice, however I do wonder at what expense this has on the First Nation or the Indigenous group on which the the practice is applied. A thought, Taima
