MSW-6102 v5

Marsiglia, F. F., Kulis, S. S., & Lechuga-Peña, S. (2021). Diversity, oppression, and change: Culturally grounded social work. (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
Read Chapter 1: Culture
This chapter explores: Cultural Identity and Cultural Boundaries, Assimilation, Acculturation and Enculturation, Ethnicity and Cultural Identity Formation, Social Work and Cultural Diversity, Culturally Grounded Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors in Social Work.

ice, C., & Mündel, I. (2019). Multimedia storytelling methodology: Notes on access and inclusion in neoliberal times. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 8(1), 118–148.
The authors examine the impact of using their evolving multimedia storytelling method (digital art and video) to challenge dominant representations of non-normative bodies and foster more inclusive spaces.

Reyes, M., & Segal, E. A. (2019). Globalization or colonization in online education: Opportunity or oppression? Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 39(4–5), 374–386.
While online higher education represents opportunities for information globalization, consciousness-raising, and social justice, it may also be an instrument of colonization related to profit generation, reliance on market transactions, and power related to discourse.

Sodhi, M. K., & Cohen, H. L. (2012). The manifestation and integration of embodied knowing into social work practice. Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 62(2), 120–137.
Using a feminist theoretical framework, findings indicated that participants embraced and trusted their embodied knowing as a valid source of knowledge.

Swanson, S., Nygård, R. H., & Saus, M. (2022). Native American social work – Including family and community. Journal of Social Work, 22(3), 615–636.
Family and community involvement plays a core part in restoration and resilience processes, healing historical trauma caused by the colonization. Hence, to provide culturally competent care, social work practices serving Native American clients should involve family and community.

TED. (2009, January 1). TEDTalks: Chimamanda Adichie—The danger of a single story. In Films On Demand.
This video shares insight and lived experiences of Adichie’s experience related to one narrative about a culture and how a “single” story impacts what people may think about a specific cultural group.

Native Land Digital. (2023). NativeLand.ca. Native Land Digital.
This website helps map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages.