Theories
The major theory of this class.
What is Anti-Oppressive Theory?
What term describes the process of undoing the impacts of colonization and promoting the restoration of Indigenous cultures and rights?
What is decolonization?
What term describes the process of questioning and analyzing information in a systematic and reflective manner.
What is critical thinking?
What term describes the interconnected nature of social categorizations, such as race, class, and gender, and their cumulative effect on an individual's experiences?
What is intersectionality?
What is social location?
What is referring to an individual's position within social structures, including aspects like gender, race, and socioeconomic status?
Anti-Oppressive Theory does this in social work.
What is opposing oppression through practice and every day activities of social work.
Identify one historical event or policy discussed in the chapter that exemplifies the impact of colonization on Indigenous communities.
What is the Indian Residential School system?
In the context of the chapter, what does the term "epistemology" refer to?
What is the study of how knowledge is produced and validated?
In the context of social work, why is understanding intersectionality important?
What is to recognize and address the unique and compounded challenges faced by individuals with intersecting social identities?
How does the concept of intersectionality contribute to understanding social location?
What is recognizing that individuals occupy multiple social locations simultaneously, influencing their experiences and perspectives?
AOP seeks to understand this.
What is understanding how social structures and institutions create and perpetuate the oppression and marginalization of those who are not part of the dominant group identity.
In the context of decolonization, what does it mean to engage in "cultural humility" as a social worker?
What is the ongoing process of self-reflection and openness to learning about and from diverse cultural backgrounds?
According to the chapter, how can power dynamics influence the production and dissemination of knowledge in social work?
What is certain perspectives or voices being privileged over others, leading to biased knowledge production?
According to the chapter, how does intersectionality acknowledge the experiences of individuals facing multiple oppressions?
What is by understanding that someone may experience discrimination based on various social categories simultaneously?
According to Carniol, what is the importance of understanding your own social location, and what is another term for this?
What is understanding how social workers can more effectively work towards transforming oppressive realities, also called critical consciousness.
Structural Social Work views inequality as these four things.
What is 1) A natural and structural part of capitalism, 2) falls along lines of class, gender, race, sexual orientation, age, ability and geographical reason, 3)excludes these groups from opportunities, meaninful participation in society and a satisfactory quality of life, 4) is self-perpetuation
According to the chapter, how might traditional Indigenous knowledge contribute to anti-oppressive social work practice?
What is providing holistic and contextually relevant perspectives on well-being and community health?
How does the concept of reflexivity contribute to anti-oppressive social work practice, as discussed in the chapter?
What is the ongoing process of self-awareness, reflection, and examination of one's own biases and assumptions?
Provide one everyday example that illustrates the concept of intersectionality, as discussed in the chapter.
What is a woman of color facing unique challenges that arise from both her gender and racial identity?
Isms come from where?
What is coming from powerful decision-makers imposing their values on others, and accepting their assumptions as universally true.
Internalized oppression for the Indigenous peoples includes these components.
•the individual experiencing oppression, believes the negative views of the oppressor
•This can take the form in self-hatred, depression, despair, and self-abuse
•The problem is with them, not society
Describe one way in which power dynamics are discussed in the chapter concerning the relationship between Indigenous communities and social work institutions
What is the unequal power dynamics and the need for social workers to be aware of their positionalities?
How does critical thinking contribute to more effective and ethical social work practice, according to the chapter?
What is enhancing the ability to analyze complex situations, challenge oppressive structures, and advocate for social justice?
In the context of intersectionality, explain how privilege and disadvantage operate.
What is some individuals may experience privilege in certain aspects of their identity while facing disadvantage in others, creating a complex web of experiences?
Subjective reality according to Carniol is this.
What are your personal thoughts on the matter and how you will interpret the situation. It affects not your social location but whether or not you will act to transform oppressive realities into social justice.