Globalization and International Social Work. Watts (Eds.), International Handbook On Social Work Theory And Practice. In Nazneen S Mayadas, Doreen Elliott, & Thomas D. Mayadas, Doreen Elliott, & Thomas D.Watts (Eds.), International Handbook On Social Work Theory And Practice. “Traditional Medical Practice in Contemporary Ghana: A Dying or Growing ‘Profession’?” Canadian Journal of African Studies/Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines, Vol. “The Cultural Mediator: Bridging the Gap between a Non-Western Community and Professional Social Work Practice.” British Journal of Social Work, Vol. The poor state of the social work profession in Ghana affects interventions in a profound way.Īl-Krenawi, A. The interviewees’ accounts reveal how localisation is not only about culture, but also about social structures and practical considerations. Their ability to take different perspectives seems to be crucial for localisation – the process by which social work is made relevant to local culture and traditions. Students and teachers discuss interventions from the perspective of social workers and traditional actors. The main findings of the study were that professional social workers and traditional actors can be seen as members of two subworlds – the subworld of professional social workers and the subworld of traditional actors. The empirical material consisted of interviews with students and teachers, participant observation at lectures, and various documents. The study employed a qualitative, social constructionist approach, interpreting the results within a theoretical framework of social world theory. A 10-week ethnographic field study was conducted at the Department of Social Work at the University of Ghana. It formed the social institution that protected and cared for the vulnerable before (Western) social work was introduced as a formal profession in Ghana. The traditional system includes extended family members and traditional authorities such as chiefs or family heads. The aim of this study was to investigate if and how the teaching of contemporary professional social work in Ghana takes into account traditional actors and practices. In contemporary Ghana, the traditional system and professional social work operate as two parallel systems within the field of social work. Ghana, localisation, the traditional system, the extended family system, international social work, social work education Abstract
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