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A theory for indigenous Australian health and human service work : connecting indigenous knowledge and practice / Lorraine Muller ; foreword by Boni Robertson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney Allen & Unwin, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781743317198
  • 1743317190
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.849915 23
Contents:
1. The power of story-- 2. Story of colonisation-- 3. A framework for 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.
Summary: Indigenous ways of thinking and working are grounded in many thousands of years of oral tradition, and continue among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people today. Lorraine Muller shows that understanding traditional holistic approaches to social and emotional wellbeing is essential for practitioners working with Indigenous clients across the human services. She explores core principles of traditional Indigenous knowledge in Australia, including relatedness, Country, circular learning, stories and spirituality. She then shoes how these principles represent a theory for indigenous practice.
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Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 362.849915 MUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A558070B
Book South Campus South Campus Main Collection 362.849915 MUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A558077B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The power of story-- 2. Story of colonisation-- 3. A framework for 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.

Indigenous ways of thinking and working are grounded in many thousands of years of oral tradition, and continue among Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people today. Lorraine Muller shows that understanding traditional holistic approaches to social and emotional wellbeing is essential for practitioners working with Indigenous clients across the human services. She explores core principles of traditional Indigenous knowledge in Australia, including relatedness, Country, circular learning, stories and spirituality. She then shoes how these principles represent a theory for indigenous practice.

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