Critical Conversations for Social Work

Crew member Hayley Thirkettle, QUT social work educator and field placement coordinator Claire Hauser, and Jean discuss societal injustices and unpack some dominant discourses, such as global capitalism and neoliberalism following the eye opening part A episode with Aaron, Phillip and Christine. This dynamic trio share ways practitioners can use critical pedagogy and critical reflection in their e...

This episode features QUT Social Work professor and discipline lead Christine Morley and QUT course coordinator Dr Phillip Ablett (QUT). During this episode, Phillip and Christine speak about their experiences as critical practitioners working with critical pedagogy in social work education. Christine breaks down the dominant discourse of neoliberalism and how critical pedagogy works against it to...

In this episode, crew members Joella and Jean unpack Indigenous pedagogy from the previous episode wisdom from Dr Deb Duthie. They discuss colonisation, dispossession and child removal from their personal perspectives. An interesting discussion about white fragility. Indigenous pedagogy, community engagement and yarning circles are highlighted as valuable practice when working in the Indigenous sp...

This episode features Dr. Deb Duthie, a Wakka Wakka Warumungu woman. Dr Deb is the director of Indigenous Health for the Faculty of Health at QUT. Dr. Deb speaks about how Indigenous perspectives are the foundation of the work she does. Dr. Deb recognises the importance of Indigenous perspectives when advocating with Aboriginal and Torrestrait islander people towards empowerment and emancipation....

This episode provides an introduction to the Critical Conversations for Social Work podcast from the perspectives of the podcast crew. The podcast aims to share knowledge about critical and creative understandings and practices that support social work analysis and practice. There are various critical and creative pedagogies used in social work education and practice, our aim is to make these idea...

In this episode, podcast crew members Boe (student) and Jean (educator) orient listeners to the Critical Conversations for Social Work podcast. This was the premier episode in this Centre for Social Change project. Through their discussion, Boe and Jean unpack ideas of counter-hegemonic practices as an alternative to neoliberal social work. Boe speaks to Jean about her pedagogy, namely critical pe...