A theory for Indigenous Australian health and human service work : connecting Indigenous knowledge and practice.

Most people of European background are not aware that they see the world through the lens of the Western tradition, but for Indigenous people, it can seem like a foreign language. Indigenous ways of thinking and working are grounded in many thousands of years of oral tradition, and continue among Au...

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Main Author: Muller, Lorraine (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Allen & Unwin : Made available through hoopla, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. The power of story
  • 2. Story of colonisation
  • 3. Decolonisation
  • 4. Aboriginal knowledge
  • 5. Grounding the research
  • 6. Responsibility of knowledge
  • 7. Racism
  • 8. Spirituality
  • 9. Indigenous Australian Social-Health Theory
  • 10. Healing and forgiveness
  • 11. Holding knowledge