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Elite Knowledge or the Reproduction of the Knowledge of Privilege

Elite Knowledge or the Reproduction of the Knowledge of Privilege Editorial Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 2014, Vol 29(1) 5-7 Elite Knowledge or the ª The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Reproduction of the Knowledge DOI: 10.1177/0886109913517162 aff.sagepub.com of Privilege: Social Work Doctoral Education 1 2 Debora Ortega and Noe¨l Busch-Armendariz Epistemology is fundamental to feminism. This editorial grapples with the cultural norming process that influences the way knowledge emerges, is developed, and shaped. It makes a case that social work scholarship continues to be shaped by a dominant paradigm that controls knowledge produc- tion through the reproduction of white racial privilege, the acculturation of alternative perspectives, and the pressures of educational institutions that are tied to a market economy. Doctoral students in social work develop as new scholars in an environment driven by these forces. Because of this, feminist epistemology and methods often are relegated to marginal spaces in the education and mentoring of new scholars. This marginalization begins early as the pool of students from which to draw doctoral students begins to be shaped as early as middle and high school. Consequently, an editorial on doctoral education must begin with considering the available pool from which doctoral program can draw its students. In this http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

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SAGE
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© The Author(s) 2013
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0886-1099
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1552-3020
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10.1177/0886109913517162
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Editorial Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work 2014, Vol 29(1) 5-7 Elite Knowledge or the ª The Author(s) 2013 Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Reproduction of the Knowledge DOI: 10.1177/0886109913517162 aff.sagepub.com of Privilege: Social Work Doctoral Education 1 2 Debora Ortega and Noe¨l Busch-Armendariz Epistemology is fundamental to feminism. This editorial grapples with the cultural norming process that influences the way knowledge emerges, is developed, and shaped. It makes a case that social work scholarship continues to be shaped by a dominant paradigm that controls knowledge produc- tion through the reproduction of white racial privilege, the acculturation of alternative perspectives, and the pressures of educational institutions that are tied to a market economy. Doctoral students in social work develop as new scholars in an environment driven by these forces. Because of this, feminist epistemology and methods often are relegated to marginal spaces in the education and mentoring of new scholars. This marginalization begins early as the pool of students from which to draw doctoral students begins to be shaped as early as middle and high school. Consequently, an editorial on doctoral education must begin with considering the available pool from which doctoral program can draw its students. In this

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Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Feb 1, 2014

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