Implications for Indigenization of Social Work Knowledge
Implications for
indigenization of social work knowledge, The indigenization discourse is based
on the dichotomization of Western culture and indigenous culture. Their
perception of Western and indigenous cultures has at least the following two
problems.
Implications for
indigenization of social work knowledge, First, the proponents of
indigenization (e.g. Gray and Coates, 2010; Midgley, 1981) are mainly concerned
about the mainstream culture in both Western and indigenous societies.
For example, when Midgley
(1981) questioned individualism, humanitarianism, liberalism, the work ethic
and capitalism unrestricted by government intervention as valued by the Western
founders of social work, he tended to overlook other non-mainstream cultures
such as collectivism, social democracy and Marxism (Eckstein, 2001; George and
Wilding, 1994) in Western societies.
Implications for
indigenization of social work knowledge, In indigenous societies such as
mainland China, the proponents of indigenization (Tsang et al., 2001; Wang,
2001) were mainly concerned about mainstream culture such as collectivism and
Confucianism.
Implications for
indigenization of social work knowledge, They tended to neglect the values of
individualism, humanitarianism, liberalism and capitalism unrestricted by
government intervention.
Implications for
indigenization of social work knowledge, Some of these values and beliefs, such
as individualism, were highly valued by many modern thinkers and academia in
China, such as Hu Shih and Lu Xun (Angle and Svensson, 2001; Bishop, 1985; Lee,
1985), while some academia in China (e.g. Liu, 1998; Qin and Su, 1996) valued
liberalism and capitalism unrestricted by government intervention.
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