Decolonizing social work in Australia: Prospect or Illusion

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Abstract

An oft quoted statement by Australian Aboriginal activist and educator Lilla Watson (in Riggs 2004) says, ‘If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time. .. but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together’. From a social work prism this statement represents a plea to support the liberation project of Indigenous Peoples and a call to liberate social work from its modernist and oppressive shackles.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIndigenous Social Work around the World
Subtitle of host publicationTowards Culturally Relevant Education and Practice
PublisherTaylor & Francis
Pages83-93
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)9781317117254
ISBN (Print)9780754648383
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 May 2016
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2008 Mel G, John Coates and Michael Yellow Bird.

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