Heidi Zhang
Biographic Data
| ID | 6024755 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heidi Zhang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heidi |
| FAMILY NAME | Zhang |
| SIGNATURE | ZHANG H |
| AFFILIATIONS | York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Remembering Amy Rossiter
Amy Rossiter has long called our attention to the governing effects of social work knowledge (i.e., how it directs both discursive thinking and the daily actions of people). For her, knowledge itself is neither neutral nor true but is produced and maintained by discourse that defines what is considered acceptable and true. The production of knowledge is a relation of power; therefore, social work knowledge itself should be a topic of scrutiny. Ta…
How ‘Anti-ing’ becomes Mastery
Anti-oppressive practice (AOP) has been popularly adopted in the undergraduate and graduate levels as a dominant framework for theorising about oppression, the self and working towards change. It is conceptualised as the socially just framework to practise from when engaging racialised and marginalised populations. Using a post-structural Foucauldian analysis, I intend to examine the discursive effects of AOP as occupying a position of mastery. S…
Social inclusion of Japanese Canadians
Although generally an immigrant-friendly country with high immigration levels, Canada also had racially-motivated policies of discrimination, as seen in the mass internment of Japanese Canadians (JCs) during the Second World War. Today, JCs constitute a relatively small ethnic group, mainly made up of descendants of pre-war immigrants, as well as post-war immigrants and their offspring. With the highest rate of mixed unions among any ethnic group…
How ‘Anti-ing’ becomes Mastery
Anti-oppressive practice (AOP) has been popularly adopted in the undergraduate and graduate levels as a dominant framework for theorising about oppression, the self and working towards change. It is conceptualised as the socially just framework to practise from when engaging racialised and marginalised populations. Using a post-structural Foucauldian analysis, I intend to examine the discursive effects of AOP as occupying a position of mastery. S…
Social inclusion of Japanese Canadians
Although generally an immigrant-friendly country with high immigration levels, Canada also had racially-motivated policies of discrimination, as seen in the mass internment of Japanese Canadians (JCs) during the Second World War. Today, JCs constitute a relatively small ethnic group, mainly made up of descendants of pre-war immigrants, as well as post-war immigrants and their offspring. With the highest rate of mixed unions among any ethnic group…
Social inclusion of Japanese Canadians
Although generally an immigrant-friendly country with high immigration levels, Canada also had racially-motivated policies of discrimination, as seen in the mass internment of Japanese Canadians (JCs) during the Second World War. Today, JCs constitute a relatively small ethnic group, mainly made up of descendants of pre-war immigrants, as well as post-war immigrants and their offspring. With the highest rate of mixed unions among any ethnic group…
How ‘Anti-ing’ becomes Mastery
Anti-oppressive practice (AOP) has been popularly adopted in the undergraduate and graduate levels as a dominant framework for theorising about oppression, the self and working towards change. It is conceptualised as the socially just framework to practise from when engaging racialised and marginalised populations. Using a post-structural Foucauldian analysis, I intend to examine the discursive effects of AOP as occupying a position of mastery. S…
Remembering Amy Rossiter
Amy Rossiter has long called our attention to the governing effects of social work knowledge (i.e., how it directs both discursive thinking and the daily actions of people). For her, knowledge itself is neither neutral nor true but is produced and maintained by discourse that defines what is considered acceptable and true. The production of knowledge is a relation of power; therefore, social work knowledge itself should be a topic of scrutiny. Ta…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Social Work (2 works) · Social Work Education and Practice (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy (1 work) · Currency (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work)