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Walking between worlds

An exploration of the interface between indigenous and first-world industrialized culture

Department of Social Work and Sociology, Hawaii Pacific University, 1188 Fort St, Mail Office MP 201, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA, lmarais{at}hpu.edu

Lizelle C. Marais

Pacifica Graduate Institute, 249 Lambert Rd, CA 93013, USA

English

Findings of a research study are offered, which explored the interface between indigenous and industrial culture from the perception of indigenous people from South Africa and New Mexico, USA. Adaptability and resilience are confirmed, as are confusion and threats to indigenous ways of life.

French

Cette étude livre les résultats d’une recherche visant à explorer l’interface entre la culture autochtone et la culture industrielle à partir du point de vue des peuples autochtone de l’Afrique du Sud, du Nouveau-Mexique (É tas-Unis d’Amérique). Les notions d’adaptation et de résilience y sont confirmées, de même que sont soulevées la confusion et les menaces à l’endroit des modes de vie autochtone.

Spanish

Se presentan los hallazgos de una investigación que explora la junción entre la cultura indígena y la industrial, a partir de la percepción de indígenas de Sud Africa y Nuevo México, en los Estados Unidos de América. Se confirman la adaptabilidad y la resistencia, lo que supone confusión y amenaza para el estilo de vida indígena.

Key Words: cultural competence • indigenous • modernity • social work

International Social Work, Vol. 50, No. 6, 809-820 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807081920


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