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http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/43725 - Indigenous social work
around the world: towards culturally relevant education and
practice Yellow Bird, Michael - University of Newcastle. Faculty
of Education & Arts, School of Humanities and Social Science -
How can mainstream Western social work learn from and in turn
help advance indigenous practice? This volume brings together
prominent international scholars involved in both Western and
indigenous social work across the globe – including James
Midgley, Linda Briskman, Alean Al-Krenawi and John R. Graham –
to discuss some of the most significant global trends and issues
relating to indigenous and cross-cultural social work. The
contributors identify ways in which indigenization is shaping
professional social work practice and education, and examine how
social work can better address diversity in international
exchanges and cross-cultural issues within and between
countries. Key theoretical, methodological and