Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities : Towards Interventions Based on Practice Research and Community Voices

• Record Nr.: UNISA996683779303316
• Autore: Callan Brian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2025; ©2025
• ISBN: 1-4473-7280-8; 1-4473-7281-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 pages)
• Altri autori (Persone): NkhomaPearson; ThompsonNaomi
• Soggetti: Refugees; Social work with immigrants
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover -- Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: Critical research, crucial voices and creative practice -- Critical feminist and race theories -- Power in participatory research and practice -- Unpacking the terminology: migrants and refugees -- Integration -- Empowerment -- Overview of the book -- References -- Part I Critical research -- 2 Reflections on being 'outsider-.insiders' and 'insider-.outsiders': fluctuating positionalities in research with migrant and refugee women -- The project -- Longitudinal research -- Insider research -- Reflexivity -- Participatory action research -- Feeling safe -- From isolation to integration -- The impacts of our researcher positionalities -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 3 From neoliberalism to neoexclusionism: how grassroots faith communities are resisting division and crossing borders -- Our research with faith-based youth and community workers -- Morphology: neoliberalism to neoexclusionism -- Community development and resistance -- Faith ; beyond walls -- Responding to austerity -- Resisting individualisation -- Working together -- Safe spaces -- Challenging division and fear -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 4 Agency and frustration: overcoming obstacles at the UNHCR -- Conventional wisdom -- The Refugee Agency -- A complex world -- Methodology -- Findings and discussion -- Frustrations -- Lack of resources -- Structural fog -- Protection drought -- Motivations -- The people we work with -- Positive outcomes -- It matters -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Exploring conceptions of 'home' with Afghan migrant and refugee women -- Home, migration and the second generation.; Home and homeland -- Migration and transnational studies -- Methodology: Researching home and migration in London -- Discussion: Home as multiplicity -- Home as spirituality and religion -- Home as a site of emotions -- Home as identity crisis -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Crucial voices -- 6 Unaccompanied Afghan minors in the UK: integration dilemmas in retrospect -- Intersectionality and cultural identity theory -- Research design -- Findings and discussion -- Being an unaccompanied Afghan minor in the UK -- The integration process for Afghan minors -- Overlooked vulnerabilities and systemic failures -- Conclusion: Addressing complex needs -- References -- 7 Evolving paradigms: witnessing refugees' unstable passages to safety -- Witnessing refugees' unstable passages to safety -- Building a camp on trauma intervention principles -- Community conversations in post-.conflict Sierra Leone -- Overwhelming care -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 In the refuge of the wake: intersectional considerations in therapeutic practice with African refugees -- Introduction (of the wake) -- Wakes and stitches -- Listening to images -- A stitch is like a bridge to a community -- 'You are not just a therapist to me, you are my African brother' -- Stitching happens in community partnership -- Marked migrations -- Conclusion: (Re)fugue work -- References -- 9 Kwapatakwapata! Young Malawian girls trapped in predatory odysseys -- Research design -- Escaping deprivation, child marriages and child prostitution -- Loni's journey: being trapped in prostitution -- Dissecting and reframing conflict -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part III Creative practice -- 10 Social justice and professional values: exploring motivations and opportunities for values-led practice -- A note on terminology -- Background -- Brief methodology -- Findings and discussion.; Social justice as a driving force -- Practising in the way you know you should -- A critical space for contemporary practice -- A collective voice for a political profession -- Social work with migrants as part of an international cause -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Finding new ground: a creative movement and art group with asylum-seeking women -- Piecing together a patchwork narrative -- Positionality and group structure -- Travelling water -- Staying afloat -- Making into being -- Finding new ground -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 New Town Culture: creative processes in social work with refugee and asylum-seeking young people -- The research -- Five creative processes -- Hopeful disruption -- Sound mirrors and loudspeakers -- Radical hospitality -- Perfect party -- Ceremony, or making moments matter -- Tokens -- Unlocking culture/.s -- Your Future -- Not knowing -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 13 Conclusion: Challenging times and hopeful futures -- People matter -- Intersectionality -- A global protection drought -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing on the voices and experiences of refugees, activists and professional practitioners, this collection illustrates the complexities of migration with real world case studies, and the possibilities of ; innovative therapeutic interventions.