How is social work been implicated in the stories of colonization and resurgence?

The following requires you to engage in a Decolonizing /Decolonializing Critical Reflective Analysis.

Be sure to work with relevant course readings and materials as you engage in your reflections and analysis.

Corntassel, Chaw-win-is & T’lakwadzi (2009) point out the “danger in allowing colonization to be the

only story of Indigenous lives” (p. 139) as it inherently centers the colonizer’s power. To counter this risk,

they argue that we also must bring to light Indigenous stories of “resilience and resurgence” (p. 139).

• Consider the implications for focusing/not focusing on the story of colonization? For colonization

to be the ONLY story in Indigenous lives?

• Consider resilience and resurgence at the micro and macro levels?

• What are the implications for Indigenous peoples / non-Indigenous peoples to also have the stories

of resilience and resurgence as part of their discourse and the public discourse?

• How is social work been implicated in the stories of colonization and resurgence?

• How can the medicine wheel as a theoretic framework help us understand colonization and its

effects and Indigenous resurgence /resilience? Be mindful of your own reactions (thoughts, feeling,

actions). Link them to your own worldview(s).

• Consider the cultural, political and social influences on yourself, your experiences and your thinking.

• Consider how your experiences and your thinking / understanding/ meaning making may be similar/

different from Indigenous experiences and perspectives.

Lets think about this assignment through a Concept Map, when I think of the assignment I think of the

following,

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Indigenizing and Decolonizing Social Work Practice, 2022

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Be sure to work with relevant course readings and materials as you engage in your reflections and

analysis.

References:

Corntassel, J, Chaw-win-is, & T’lakwadzi. (2009). Indigenous Storytelling, Truth-telling, and Community

Approaches to Reconciliation. English Studies in Canada, 35(1), 137-159

Discuss the life or work experiences that may have influenced your selection, including whether these experiences were positive or negative.

Entry 1: “Selection of the Service Learning Project.”

Write an entry of 400 words minimum on why you chose your project. Discuss the life or work experiences that may have influenced your selection, including whether these experiences were positive or negative. Consider how issues of community, government or individual responsibility, leadership, productivity, problem-solving, work ethic, and/or ambition might have affected your project selection. Most importantly, explain why your project is important to you, as well as to the larger community. Include two unique citations from the assigned articles in this paragraph.

Entry 2: Write an entry of 400 words minimum explaining how your project relates to at least two of the course objectives. See the complete list of course objectives in the course syllabus (these can be found on the last page of this document). Be sure to explain why you think these objectives are important. Label this entry “Service Learning Project Objectives.” Include two unique citations from the assigned articles in this paragraph.

Note: The purpose of this entry is not to tell what you think the objective of your SLP is; rather, it is to relate your project to the course objectives (which are found in the course syllabus).

Entries 3-4: Narrate your experiences on the project. Synthesize ideas from the course readings in entries 3-4. You may reference ideas from earlier phases in the course, as well as up to four additional non-course assigned sources you have found in your own research. Cite at least 2 articles and/or readings from course in these entries.

Entries #3 through #4 discuss your experiences as a volunteer. These paragraphs can be redundant. To avoid repeating yourself, examine closely how your experiences align or reflect the main ideas or themes found in the week’s assigned reading documents. For example, when Jefferson posits the American ideal that, “all men are created equal,” did your experience as a volunteer find this to be the case? Why or why not? Also, examine the organization you volunteered at from the perspective of the organization’s client (or those who used the organization for assistance). You can also examine the organization from the perspective of those who are employed or leadership positions. Why are they working here? What motivates them? Also, you can examine why others, like you, volunteer at the organization. Finally, what do outsiders, or those that know of but are not involved in the organization think of the organization? Is it helpful? Does it serve a purpose? If so, what purpose does the organization serve? Finally, how does society benefit, or not, from the efforts of those involved in the organization’s mission?

Explain why you asked the questions in this order. Did this ordering allow you to avoid some sort of bias? Help increase engagement.

Option 1: Survey Design
You will design a questionnaire that might be used in a survey to assess people’s attitudes toward governmental policy to reduce poverty. The survey should try to capture general attitudes about the role of government in reducing poverty rather than their positive or negative views of specific social welfare programs. Your questionnaire should obtain the following from each respondent:
• Their demographic characteristics, including race, class, and gender
• If they plan to vote in the 2020 presidential election (pretend the 2020 election has not yet happened) and who they would like to vote for (include Trump and Biden for nomination) (a 2-part contingency question)
• The issues that are most likely to affect their vote choice in the form of a matrix question, using Likert-type responses to five statements.
This project should be 3-4 pages long. The first page should be the questionnaire laid out in the format you would use if you were actually conducting the survey. Make sure that the format will be easy to read and will not be difficult for respondents to answer. Be sure to provide appropriate spaces for respondents to check or write in their answers.
Question-wording should be simple and straightforward: avoid double-barreled questions, loaded terms, and negations. Justify your choice of open or closed-ended question. For closed-ended questions, response categories should be exhaustive and mutually exclusive. Matrix questions using Likert-type responses should have a consistent scale.
In 2-3 pages, discuss these issues:
• Which measures operationalize “demographic characteristics”? Which operationalize socio-economic status?
• What concepts were you operationalizing with your questions in the issue matrix?
• Identify the level of measurement for each item and the rationale for using a close-end or open-ended question.
• You have obviously given considerable thought and care to the wording of your questions in order to avoid the common problems noted above and discussed in lectures/readings. Now, gives us 2-3 examples of alternative wording that would be problematic and tell us why.
• Explain why you asked the questions in this order. Did this ordering allow you to avoid some sort of bias? Help increase engagement.
• Put it all together for us. State one hypothesis that you could test by analyzing the data that you collect with this instrument. Refer to specific variables and the concepts that they are designed to capture.

Describe your background and experiences with technology and with any prior online courses or programs.

Your expectations of the ISS program. What do you hope to learn? What life goals – intellectual, personal and professional – will this degree help you accomplish?
One significant question, issue or problem in human society that you find meaningful or compelling. Think of the types of stories that grab your attention when you follow the news or interact with social media. How did you become interested in this issue? How do you think the ISS program can help further your understanding of it?
Two courses you’ve already completed in social science disciplines and that you hope to apply toward the ISS degree program. Possible subject areas include American ethnic studies, anthropology, communication, economics, geography, history, international studies, philosophy, political science, sociology or women’s studies. Why do these particular courses represent significant learning experiences for you? (Note: You should have a grade of 2.5 or higher in these courses, as with all other social science courses you wish to apply toward the ISS program.)
Your level of comfort and preparedness for learning in an online environment. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 signifying the highest level, how comfortable are you with online learning? Describe your background and experiences with technology and with any prior online courses or programs. Were these experiences positive or negative? What contributed to or detracted from your success?

Is there a “resurgence of religion” in the world as some now argue.Discuss

Is there a “resurgence of religion” in the world as some now argue, or is the current focus on religion and global politics simply a temporary reaction to 9/11 and subsequent events? In other words, do the arguments that there is a global resurgence of religion reflect actual trends in the world, or is this so-called “resurgence” simply a bump along the road to the secularized world forecast by secularization theorists several decades ago?