This article is one of the first to analyze international psychosocial approaches to large-scale disasters outside Westernized Eurocentric realms. Using the 2004 South-east Asian tsunamis as a basis, it highlights the potential empowerment and advocacy roles and strategies international social workers can deploy with populations affected by disasters.
French
Cet article est l’un des premiers à analyser les approches psychosociales internationales des désastres de large échelle ayant eu lieu en dehors des royaumes occidentaux eurocentriques. En prenant comme base les tsunamis du Sud Est asiatique de 2004, il éclaire les rôles potentiel d’empowerment (renforcement de la capacité d’agir) et d’advocacy (défense des droits) et les stratégies internationales que les travailleurs sociaux peuvent déployer avec les populations affectées par ces désastres.
Spanish
Este artículo es uno de los primeros en analizar los acercamientos psicosociales internacionales a los desastres de gran escala que han ocurrido fuera de los reinos eurocéntricos occidentales. Utilizando como base los tsunamis del sureste de Asia de 2004, resalta los roles y estrategias de poder y defensa que los trabajadores sociales internacionales pueden desplegar en poblaciones afectadas por desastres naturales.
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