The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work

• Pubblicazione: Milton, : Routledge, 2019
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (377 pages)
• Disciplina: 361.3091724
• Soggetto topico: Social service - Practice - Developing countries; Social service - Practice; Postcolonialism - Developing countries
• Altri autori: KleiblTanja LutzRonald <1951-> NoyooNdangwa <1968-> BenjaminBunk AnnikaDittmann BoitumeloSeepamore
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Setting the scene for critical new social work approaches in the neoliberal postcolonial era -- Social work and decolonisation -- The Global South, Marxist-Leninist and neoliberal agendas in the postcolonial era -- Social work's foreign origins -- Scope and nature of the book -- References -- Part I Postcolonial social work -- 1 Colonisation as collective trauma: Fundamental perspectives for social work -- Introduction -- Ongoing coloniality -- Psycho-political impact of colonisation -- Understanding collective trauma -- Intergenerational transmission of trauma -- Social work as an instrument of coloniality -- Conclusion: social work response to the collective trauma of colonisation -- Reflexivity, critical consciousness and emancipatory practice -- Response to collective trauma -- Decoloniality in social work -- Decolonising social work research -- References -- 2 The relevance of Antonio Gramsci and Paulo Freire for a postcolonial education politics -- Introduction2 -- Beyond the economic: cultural and religious aspects of power -- Divide et impera and the conquistador mentality -- Fear of freedom -- The language question -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Colonialism and the colonisation of childhoods in the light of postcolonial theory -- Introduction -- Colonialisation as a childhood project -- Colonisation of childhoods -- Starting points in the decolonisation of childhoods -- Notes -- References -- 4 Social work co-option and colonial borders -- Introduction -- Asylum seeking in Australia -- Colonial borderlands -- The impact of colonial practices -- Export of neocolonial detention -- Entry of social work -- Social work and anti-colonial practices -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Development. A postcolonial approach. ; Development: knowledge of ethnology -- Development from the outside: the fall of the colonial modernity -- The utopia of reflexive development: a philosophy of hope and the good life -- Human development: dialogue and negotiation -- Practice of reflexive development: postcolonial social work of the South -- Bibliography -- Part II Postcolonial social work and social movements -- 7 Conceptualising postcolonial social work and social movements: Subaltern answers from within exclusion and the theoretical... -- Introduction -- Ambiguities of postcolonial social work in the South and North -- The dilemma of (postcolonial) critique and (social work) practice -- Answers from within and the hope for subaltern social movements -- Notes -- References -- 8 Orientations from social movements: A postcolonial feminist social work perspective on human trafficking -- Introduction -- Human trafficking and modern slavery -- The anti-trafficking movement in the US -- The global impact of anti-trafficking initiatives -- Critiques of the anti-trafficking movement -- Towards a postcolonial feminist social work perspective -- Globalisation, global inequality and interlocking forms of oppression -- Globalisation and work -- Global supply chains -- Globalisation, NGOs, workers and markets -- Anti-immigration racism -- Discourse on women of the Global South -- Collective resistance to human trafficking -- New strategies and partnerships -- Trade unions as partners -- Survivors as partners -- Conclusion: social workers as stronger allies -- References -- 9 Epistemic decoloniality as a pedagogical movement: A turn to anticolonial theorists such as Fanon, Biko and Freire -- Introduction -- Social work education: origins and ideologies -- Colonisation of power, knowledge and being -- Epistemic decoloniality: towards basic concepts and categories -- Understanding colonisation. ; Excursus: on the role of white liberals -- Humanisation -- Conscientisation -- Dialogue and problematisation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 Heterogeneity of social movements addressing the intersections of gender and race: A reflection on feminisms and womanisms... -- Introduction -- Schools of thought more aligned with feminist movements -- Black feminisms -- African feminisms -- Schools of thought more aligned with women's movements -- Womanisms -- Africana womanisms -- Nego-feminism -- African feminisms and/or Africana womanisms? -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Collective learning in and from social movements: The Bhopal Disaster survivors -- Introduction -- Social work and social movements in a neoliberal era -- Social movement learning -- The Bhopal Survivors' Movement -- Social movement process: from hidden resistance to militancy -- Education through making connections: building a counter-hegemony -- Reflections for social work from informal collective learning in the survivors' movement -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12 Social movements as pedagogical spaces: 'Só lixo - just waste', or: about the transformation of normative orientations under -- Introduction -- The outer constitution of pedagogical spaces - the economic, social, and cultural dimensions of the waste realm and the Movimen -- A case from Porto Alegre - I: from the governmentality of inclusion to the local politicisation of pedagogical spaces -- A case from Porto Alegre - II: intertwining biographical plausibility and social evidence -- Anna -- Alexandra -- Conclusion: self-formation processes under conditions of change and the transformation of normative orientations in socialisato -- Notes -- References -- Part III Indigenisation -- 13 Latin American social work and the struggles against professional imperialism -- Introduction. ; Professional imperialism in the development of Latin American social work -- Decolonial thought as resistance against neocolonial approaches -- Learning from Sumak Kawsay and Mapuche philosophies in social work -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 14 We are beauty and we walk in it: Native American women in leadership roles -- Introduction -- Traditional roles of Native American women: precolonial times through the American revolution -- Colonisation and the undermining of Native American women -- The persistence of strong roles for Native American women -- A resurgence of political power -- Moving forward with decolonised gender roles and models of leadership -- Conclusion -- References -- 15 Liberation from mental colonisation: A case study of the Indigenouspeople of Palestine -- Introduction -- The context of Palestine -- Colonisation before 1948 -- Colonisation after 1948 -- How to get over mental colonisation -- Looking forward -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 16 Border thinking and socialwork - is it possible?: A decolonial perspective of a case example -- Border thinking and social work: a theoretical approach -- Border thinking - an epistemic thread/ clue in the social work -- Conclusion and perspectives -- Notes -- References -- 17 Whose society, whose work?: Seeking decolonised social work in Nepal -- Introduction -- Framing the subject matter: a grounded theory approach -- Findings and discussion -- Understanding of Nepali society -- Conclusion: decolonised, developmental Nepali social work -- References -- 18 The relevance and purpose of social work in Aboriginal Australia - post- or decolonisation -- Introduction -- Australia as a colonial space -- Social work and Indigenous peoples -- Doing things differently: The Looking Forward Project -- Disrupting and reforming paradigms. ; Creating an inclusive work practice that works for Nyoongar people -- Moving beyond borders: understanding reciprocity -- What is the role for social work in this new paradigm? -- Conclusion -- References -- 19 Women's empowermentUnravelling the cultural incompatibilitymyth in Zimbabwe -- Conceptualising empowerment -- Women in Africa: a cultural overview -- Empowering women among disempowered men -- Conclusion: empowerment as a negotiated cultural outcome -- Notes -- References -- 20 Pushing for autonomousAfrican development -- Introduction -- Background -- The link between knowledge and development -- What is development? -- From Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- What about Indigenous Knowledge Systems? -- Development theory and practice and IKS nexus -- Solutions and recommendations -- Future research directions -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Case studies and innovation from Africa -- 21 Decolonising social work practice and social work education in postcolonial Africa -- Introduction -- Human needs and social work -- Decolonisation -- What is social work? -- The beginning of social work in Africa -- Indigenous Knowledge Systems for relevant social work practice -- Conclusion -- References -- 22 Social work with communities in Uganda: Indigenous and innovative approaches -- Introduction: the colonial legacy of social work in Africa and the need for indigenisation -- Common social problems confronting communities in Uganda -- Community social work and indigenous models of problem-solving in Uganda -- The Bataka groups as an approach to community organisation and development -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 23 Social work in Southern Africa in the postcolonial era: Rekindling debate on the quest for relevance -- Introduction -- Perceived source of shortcomings of the remedial approach. ; Calls for a paradigm shift: towards a developmental approach.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work reflects on and dissects the challenging issues confronting social work practice and education globally in the post-colonial era. By analysing how countries in the so-called developing and developed world have navigated some of the inherited systems from the colonial era, it shows how they have used them to provide relevant social work methods which are also responsive to the needs of a postcolonial setting. This is an analytical and reflexive handbook that brings together different scholars from various parts of the world - both North and South - so as to distill ideas from scholars relating to ways that can advance social work of the South and critique social work of the North in so far as it is used as a template for social work approaches in postcolonial settings. It determines whether and how approaches, knowledge-bases, and methods of social work have been indigenised and localised in the Global South in the postcolonial era. This handbook provides the reader with multiple new theoretical approaches and empirical experiences and creates a space of action for the most marginalised communities worldwide. It will be of interest to researchers and practitioners, as well as those in social work education.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Routledge Handbook of Postcolonial Social Work
• ISBN: 0-429-88861-9; 0-429-46872-5; 0-429-88862-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910954949803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge international handbooks.