| This thesis is a textual research collage of two methodological approaches: a blend of discourse/documentary analysis and autoethnography (i.e., poetry, personal experience narratives) in combination with intersectional analysis. My objective was to explore 3 (post)modern Canadian social work at the juncture of feminism, ecology and socio-cultural anti-oppression within notions of strategic meaning-building as a conceptualizing ethical journey whereby we as social work practitioners (researchers, theorists, analysts, ethicists and others) as well as clients may find ourselves critically re/framing our ways of knowing and experiencing.;1I have used the term 'praxis' throughout the text to embrace the totality of social work endeavours including the precarious realm that is the (self)critical and often changing interface between social workers' ontological and epistemological assumptions (i.e. worldviews, theories, ethics etc.) and their practical application, meaning how we do ethical practice;;My discussion discursively explores the potential of Canadian social work as ethically and spiritually-oriented praxis1. The thesis is an exploratory, open-ended inquiry intended to further discussions regarding issues of ecological, gender and cross-cultural justice within the context of globalization. My hope is to participate in Canadian social work's inquiry into decolonizing, transformative social change toward the anti-oppressive, respectful, life-affirming global interdependence of all relations. |
