W1- Cultural identities and reflexivity in practice Flashcards
Who determines cultural safety?
The patients/clients from the culture that you are working with
How is cultural safety practiced?
By engaging in critical reflection of health practitioner knowledge, skills, attitudes, practising behaviours, and power differentials
What does cultural safety look like?
Safe, accessible, and responsive healthcare free of racism
What is cultural responsiveness?
It refers to the processes and practices which aim to achieve cultural safety by being respectful of and relevant to beliefs, customs, needs, and historical experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and those from other cultures. This is achieved through constant critical self-reflexivity, humility, and proactive responses tailored to needs of those from other cultures.
Describe the cyclical process of cultural resopnsiveness
Knowledge (knowing) leads to changes in action (doing) which then leads to changes in self-knowledge and behaviour (being). This then cycles back by creating new knowledge.
What is systemic cultural responsiveness?
Ensuring policies, laws, and structures within society are culturally safe for the various cultures and identities living in society
What is organisational cultural responsiveness?
Ensuring workers of all cultures feel included, valued, and respected within an organisation
What is professional cultural responsiveness?
Refers to individual professionals and their role in educating themselves to carry out their jobs in a way that is inclusive of and catered to individuals from diverse cultures.
What is individual cultural responsiveness?
Practising cultural responsiveness in daily interactions by recognising and being respectful of other identities and perspectives
What is reflexivity?
Questioning one’s attitudes, thought processes, values, assumptions, prejudices, and habitual actions to gain deeper understanding and insight and understand how they impact how we interact with others.
Recognising our role in shaping our surroundings and taking circumstances and relationships into consideration.
Reviewing and revising ethical ways of being and relating to our world.
What is critical self-reflexivity?
Self-reflexivity which takes into account social, cultural, and historical influences on one’s perspectives and practices.
Encourages engaging in diverse cultural naratives, critically reflecting on learning and practice, and considering impact of colonial legacies
Describe the cycle of self-reflexive practice
Description of what happened followed by your reactions and feelings. Reflecting of what went well and what could be improved and analysing to make sense of the situation. Conclude on what you have learnt and create and action plan and what you are going to do differently. Then continue to engage in this practice by reflecting on experiences that arise from this action plan.
What is cultural identity?
A shared sense of identity within a cultural group related to the culture’s religion, nationality, ethnicity, gender norms, beliefs, and traditions.
What does cultural identity influence?
One’s perceptions of themselves and their relationship to the world. This in turn affects behaviours, attitudes, and interactions with others.
Cultural identity influences the things we are taught to pay attention to and how we interpret them, thus influencing perception.
What is perception?
“The process of selecting, organising, and interpreting sensory data in a way that enables us to make sense of our world”
it is culturally determined, selective, and learned.
perception influences interpretation which determines reactions/behaviour
What is selective perception?
The unconscious cognitive process of selecting and interpreting certain information which is influenced by cultural backgrounds, beliefs, and biases.
How do selective perceptions reinforce cultural stereotypes and prejudices?
It leads to focusing on certain aspects of a situation or person which confirm these views while ignoring others which could refute them.
Examples of the colonial lens in psychology
colonial lens used to interpret and observe
concepts of brain development and mental health considered universal
standard of health/normalcy determined by European culture
Anything other from European lens was regarded as exotic and romanticised or regarded as repulsive and fearful.
What are the negative impacts of modern day exoticism?
Exoticism often leads to cultural appropriation, simplification, commodification, idealisation, and objectification.
This perpetuates harmful cultural stereotypes, reinforces power imbalances, and undermines cultural sovereignty of marginalised groups
What is cultural humility?
Being aware of the effect of our cultural lens on our perceptions and behaviours. Aiming to understand and respect the complexity and integrity of other cultures.
