Intercultural Approaches to Community Psychology

This unit will explore conceptual, theoretical and methodological matters that are raised in terms of the colonising impacts of traditional models of knowledge and practice in psychology and community psychology as well as the potential for psychosocial transformation. The unit will specifically explore dimensions of human diversity such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, culture, and how these are linked with oppression and privilege. Attention will be given to the work that advocates for a decolonising psychology in order to examine the tensions, challenges and potentials for working across cultural boundaries to promote social justice and wellbeing.