SWP 928 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: International Inequality, Neoliberalism, Nationstates

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 928
• Professor: Reena Tandon

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Monday january 16th, 2017/ monday january 23rd, 2017. Haug, e: critical reflections on the emerging discourse of international social work: Isw is usually defined as a friendly, apolitical, ahistorical, cozy conversation in which participating merrily engage in mutual exchange, through conferences, journals or international work in which primarily western experts" teach or consult in non-western countries. Such definitions: fail to question critically its place in the historical and contemporary dynamics of colonization, imperialism and western hegemony. Perpetuate paternalistic framing (global north is able to tell the global south what to do/how to do/define problems for them) of non-western cultures, knowledge and social care traditions. Evidence can be seen in: isw literature: ask: The dominant model of social work- (influenced by european heritage and american model of. Sw) exhibits professional imperialism reinforces racism and oppression. Isw conversations must be radically reconfigured to: includes voices previously excluded acknowledge and compensate for the imbalance of power relationships address crisis that are globally interconnected.