SWP 331 Chapter Notes - Chapter Week 2: Afrocentrism, Relate, Critical Theory

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 331
• Professor: Steven Solomon

Document Summary

Beginning at the beginning: an exploration of critical social work by carolyn campbell and gail baikie. Critical hope: hopefully action based on the critical analysis of a situation and the recognition that wishing alone is not enough to make changes. It involves an understanding of the forces that results in injustice and imagination of what the world might look like without injustices (james, Este, bernard, benjamin, lloyd, & turner, 2010, p. 27) P(cid:396)a(cid:272)titio(cid:374)e(cid:396)s a(cid:374)d edu(cid:272)ato(cid:396)s(cid:859) e(cid:374)thusias(cid:373) is (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ast (cid:449)ith (cid:272)o(cid:374)fusio(cid:374)s e(cid:454)p(cid:396)essed (cid:271)(cid:455) lea(cid:396)(cid:374)e(cid:396)s as the(cid:455) atte(cid:373)pt to (cid:374)a(cid:448)igate th(cid:396)ough the (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454)ities of (cid:858)(cid:449)hat is(cid:859) a(cid:374)d (cid:858)ho(cid:449) to do(cid:859) (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:272)al so(cid:272)ial (cid:449)o(cid:396)k. Confusion #1: number of variation of critical social work perspectives (hick & pozzuto: due to different theoretical influences and interpretations which results in a myriad (countless) contradictions and debates. Confusion #2: previously marginalized social work perspectives (afro-centric and. Aboriginal social work) are often portrayed alongside critical social work and mistakenly assumed it is the same.