The utilisation of Ubuntu across cultures
A case study of a rural development programme in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9974540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yu Xiang (0000-0002-3186-8019, Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai, China), Charles Tong-Lit Leung (0000-0001-5650-2606, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1554-1566 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00208728221129364 |
| OpenAlex | W4307199515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 28 |
Ubuntu generally means humanity. It is an African philosophy and a principle that is being promoted by the international bodies of social work. Like other Western knowledge, its capacity for indigenisation should be a shared interest nowadays. This article assesses the utilisation of Ubuntu for a rural development programme in China. It illustrates Ubuntu’s unique perspectives about traditional values and human relationships for promoting a holistic understanding of professional practice. The implications encourage further discoveries of various potential uses of Ubuntu in respective localities for developing a polythetic community of international social work
Biology · China · Community development · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental ethics · Humanity · Indigenization · Political science · Rural development · Social science · Sociology · Work (physics · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Ecology · Engineering · Law · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Case Study Research
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State, profession, and religion
Re‐conceptualising the link between research and practice in social work
Towards a pragmatic approach
Relational Social Work
Who is the winner? Relocated rural communities and stratification in urbanizing northwestern China
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Just the beginning for ubuntu
Back to Addams and Richmond
Pragmatic Professionalism
Ubuntu and its potential impact on the international social work profession
Rural–Urban Alliance’ as a new model for post-disaster social work intervention in community reconstruction
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Evolution of social welfare in rural China
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Establishing the relevance of the Ubuntu philosophy in social work practice
Environmental social work through the African philosophy of Ubuntu
What works for whom in which circumstances? On the need to move beyond the ‘what works?’ question in organizational intervention research
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |