Sydney School of Education and Social Work: Recent submissions
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Power, Knowledge and Palpatine
Published 2021In this chapter, I look at the way Star Wars can help us to understand Michel Foucault’s concepts of power/knowledge and governmentality. Foucault argued that power and knowledge interact and produce each other, and this ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Trauma-informed family contact practice for children in out-of-home care
Published 2021Trauma knowledge and skills are needed to support relational safety for children in out-of-home care and birth family contact is a particular area where trauma-informed approaches are critical. Mixed methods were used to ...Open AccessArticle -
Interviews from Intercultural Understanding Research in NSW Pathways
Published 2021-06-11The researcher's written records of interviews with administrators, tutors, and students within three pathways to higher education in NSW. The focus was on the nature of intercultural understanding within the three institutes. ...Open AccessDataset -
Telling visual stories of loss and hope: Body mapping with mothers about contact after child removal
Published 2021Visual research methods reduce reliance on verbal communication and offer an avenue for non-verbal storytelling. Body mapping is a visual arts-based research method with its origins in art therapy and community development. ...Open AccessArticle -
Changing nature of adoption and need for post-adoption services: Intercountry adoption practice in Taiwan and Australia
Published 2021This study explores issues on post-adoption services in intercountry adoptions based on the perspectives of adoption professionals from Taiwan and Australia. Findings revealed that both birth and adoptive families identify ...Open AccessArticle