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

• Autore: Callan Brian
• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Refugees; Social work with immigrants
• Altri autori: NkhomaPearson ThompsonNaomi
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities
• ISBN: 1-4473-7280-8; 1-4473-7281-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996683779303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno