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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Challenging the monoculturalism of psychology: towards a more socially accountable pedagogy and practice |
Author: | Riggs, D. |
Citation: | Australian Psychologist, 2004; 39(2):118-126 |
Publisher: | Australian Psychological Soc |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
ISSN: | 0005-0067 1742-9544 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Damien W. Riggs |
Abstract: | In this paper I employ the notion of a “socially accountable psychology” (Davidson, 1998) to explore the whiteness of psychological epistemologies. I suggest that within a multicultural society psychology needs to develop an understanding of the ways that white systems of representation shape pedagogy and practice. In order to do this, I first outline the ways in which the discipline may be conceptualised as a cultural practice that is both informed by, and constitutive of, racialised practices in Australia. I then outline a constructionist approach to understanding psychical processes that values multiple, contextual understandings of knowledge production. I conclude by suggesting that we as white psychologists need to pay particular attention to the “politics of therapy”, and the privileges that we hold. |
Keywords: | Multidisciplinary Psychology Psychiatry & Clinical Psychology Counseling Psychology |
Description: | © Australian Psychological Society |
DOI: | 10.1080/00050060410001701834 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050060410001701834 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 2 Psychology publications |
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